Foes in Cancun See a Fire-Breathing Dragon Mart Tracy Wilkinson - The Los Angeles Times
go to original June 2, 2013

It’s a big dream: A massive complex near the resort of Cancun that would be the largest trading center for Chinese products in the Western Hemisphere. (Maickol Tamayo)

CANCUN, Mexico — When most people think of Cancun, they see soft white beaches and turquoise water glistening in the sun.

When Juan Carlos Lopez thinks of the popular Gulf coast resort, he sees Chinese electronics and toys and home-building fixtures arrayed in Chinese showrooms for sale by Chinese exporters.

Lopez wants to bring to Cancun the largest commercial center peddling Chinese wares in the Americas — a $180-million, 1,376-acre year-round trade fair two miles from the sea and its sensitive reefs.

Plans for the complex, to be named Dragon Mart, also include 3,040 exhibition spaces for more than 1,000 vendors and housing for 722 Chinese citizens.

"It will be like a trade show in Vegas, but permanent," said Lopez, Dragon Mart's executive director.

Permanent.

And in Cancun.

And controversial.

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