'Chinese vintage' from a time gone by finds favor once again Whether it's clam oil or enamel basins, people are increasingly tapping into a nostalgia for yesteryear By LI YUCHE and CHEN XUE | China Daily | Updated: 2026-09-29 06:04

https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202609/29/WS6abae486e4b06d4aa0560a30.html When Edward Hugh Fraser, 45, was leaving Beijing to return to the United Kingdom, he wanted to take home a souvenir. Instead of choosing a box of tea or a fine silk scarf, he picked out a vintage-looking tin of clam oil — a petroleum jelly-like skin product known as "Chinese Vaseline" that was a familiar household item in China back in the 1960s and remains in production today.