The designer, BTW, was born in Hong Kong long before it was handed back to the CCP, spent his childhood from age 6 onward in the Netherlands, and now lives in Belgium. It was originally sold by a Hong Kong company in Taiwan before the product line moved to China's Pop Mart. The character is inspired by Northern mythology illustration books he read as a kid.
I'm not into Labubu and don't buy stuff like that, but that a global fad has thoroughly blended West/East origins seems rather appropriate and very fine.
Why does it matter that it's Chinese?
The designer, BTW, was born in Hong Kong long before it was handed back to the CCP, spent his childhood from age 6 onward in the Netherlands, and now lives in Belgium. It was originally sold by a Hong Kong company in Taiwan before the product line moved to China's Pop Mart. The character is inspired by Northern mythology illustration books he read as a kid.
I'm not into Labubu and don't buy stuff like that, but that a global fad has thoroughly blended West/East origins seems rather appropriate and very fine.