Call of the VUVUZELA

Plastic horns a hit in South Africa, but profits are thin for Chinese toy factories. Hu Yongqi reports from Shantou.

Soccer fanatic Huang Xile has been so busy with work recently he has seen almost none of the action at the FIFA World Cup. It is perhaps just a little ironic that his job is making vuvuzelas, the cacophonic horns that have proven so popular with fans in South Africa this year.

About 90 percent of all vuvuzelas at the matches have been made in China, with most produced at four factories in Shantou, Guangdong province, and one in Yiwu, Zhejiang province.