India, April 18 -- Even if you have no interest in the luxury market, you will have noticed the number of luxury- related posts that are suddenly turning up on Instagram and other social media. Also read | The Taste by Vir Sanghvi: Why it's time Indian tourists took a second look at Malaysia

Usually the point of a typical luxury post is to push the 'impossible dream' aspect of designer goods and to make you lust after things you can't really afford.

But this time around, the posts are mostly focused on China. The Chinese, it is claimed, are now willing to reveal, in the midst of their trade war with America, how most luxury products are manufactured in China and then exported to the West where fancy designer labels are plastered on them...