Flawed 'weepy horses' becomes a hit! Foreign buyers: Yiwu spawns global sensations every year

A simple manufacturing flaw has turned a plush toy-the "weepy horses", with its embroidered mouth sewn upside down-into an unexpected social media sensation.

Upon the doll's viral success, local Yiwu merchants moved quickly to ramp up production and arrange orders at top speed. Now, the "weepy horses" is in extremely short supply, with customers flooding online platforms to demand restocks. Even foreign buyers have flocked to Yiwu to check out this trending item. One of them commented, "Every year, Yiwu rolls out products that sell like hotcakes across the globe."

From a defective product to a sought-after "hidden edition", from a worker's slip-up to a lucrative business opportunity-the remarkable speed of Yiwu behind the "weepy horses" phenomenon truly deserves a round of applause!