A 17th-century scissor-maker, a company that has made braised chicken since 1616 and a food producer that has been churning out rice dumplings for nearly 100 years are among Chinese brands that recently indicated their intention to list in China.
These time-honoured businesses, known as zhonghua laozihao, are trying to raise capital and carve out a name for themselves in modern China.
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