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The City of Blue and White by Anne Gerritsen literary it will surpriseWe think of blue and white porcelain as the ultimate global commodity: throughout East and Southeast Asia, the Indian Ocean including the African coasts, the Americas and Europe, consumers desired Chinese porcelains. Many of these were made in the kilns in and surrounding Jingdezhen. Found in almost every part of the world, Jingdezhen's porcelains had a far reaching impact on global consumption, which in turn shaped the local manufacturing processes.