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consumer culture in East Asia  

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  • The purchase of products for other than utilitarian reasons is a benchmark indicator of a modern consumer society. In this sense, the consumption practices found in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, China, and Hong Kong are distinctly modern. [Source: Encyclopedia of Consumer Culture; Consumer Culture in East Asia]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-WVHWQ7SP-0

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