When Angelica Cheung became the first editor of Vogue China 10 years ago, critics said the country had neither the money nor taste to make Vogue successful. By the time her bumper first issue went to its third reprint, they had been silenced by her vision of a magazine made to international standards for Chinese tastes. She did not just want to bring high fashion to China, but also to demand that the industry elite respect the needs of Chinese readers rather than peddling hackneyed stereotypes of oriental mystique or transplanted western ideals. Photographer Adam Dean shadowed the editor for a day, as she prepared for a 10th anniversary edition in September, which will go out to about 1.4 million readers in print and online
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