'(12 Dec 2000) Mandarin/Nat STORY: CHINA FASHION 2 LOCATION: BEIJING The second of our reports from China\'s fashion week looks at Flora Cheong-Leen, a Hong Kong designer living in Britain. With the theme \"The Art Of Freedom,\" the core of her design is the sexual charisma of the modern individual, with an independent mentality and bold Chinese attitude. Cheong-Leen is particularly interested in pushing a Chinese-based fashion culture in our interconnected age of the Internet and globalisation. She also wants to encourage people to wear what they like. She says her designs evolve from classic couture as well as concepts which combine the cutures of East and West. In keeping with a traditional Chinese concept, she uses different colours to represent the five elements -- gold, wood, water, fire and earth. Sponsored by the Chinese Garment Association and the China Fashion Designers\' Association, the China International Fashion Week boasts 25 Chinese and Hong Kong designers, as well as foreign designers from Italy, France, Japan and Singapore. China\'s textile industry will get a big boost when the country enters the World Trade Organization and it is hoped the fashion week will work in tandem to promote Chinese fashion design. While China is still officially a \"communist\" country, the regime has over the last 20 years allowed considerable reform and liberalisation. Many cities have been allowed to trade with the rest of the world on market principles, which has also led to an end to cultural isolation for some. Consequently, many Chinese people are now not only dressing better, but have a highly developed appreciation and understanding of the global fashion scene. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/dd2460d599c4f43daec56a65095c7b72'
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