In the industrial outskirts of Sao Paulo, workers at Bandeiras Sukets, a small flag-making factory, are hunched over sewing machines. With great precision, the workers are stitching together high quality, hand-made Brazilian flags.
But the work of making the Brazilian flag is quickly an evaporating profession inside Brazil. Local flag makers are being put out of business thanks to cheap, low-quality imports of Brazilian flags from China.
In the age of globalisation, Brazilians are finding out that even their national symbol is not immune to China’s exports.
"We have been in the Brazilian flag making business for over 15 years," Sueli da Silva Teixeira, the owner of Bandeiras Sukets, told Al Jazeera.
"There used to be flag making places all over this area, it was a good business, there was a lot of work for everyone.
"Today, no, it’s changed.
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