Counterfeit Condoms and a New Arrangement
New Yorkers long ago stopped being fooled by the luxury knockoffs peddled from sidewalk card tables at prices too good to be true. There are some counterfeit goods, though, where the close-enough...
View ArticleMobile Phones in China: Local Rates, Fashion, and Fakes
An overview of some key themes found in how youth in China use and choose mobile phones. It covers the topics of how local phone call rates, fashion & image, and fakes play significant roles --...
View ArticleIn China, Curious Case Of Fraud Grows Stranger Still
The Da Vinci furniture company showroom in Shanghai looks like a salon in Versailles. The price tag on a gilt-covered, Italian-made grandfather clock: more than $40,000. So it was big news last summer...
View ArticleA Long Trip for Milk: Barriers, Trust, and Truth in China
For a young man in mainland China, a regular trip to Macau represents both a desire for a pleasant outing and a fear of products sold in mainland China. more »Generalmacaufood safetytruthbordersFake...
View ArticleFake Stuffed Toys Influencing Technology Usage in China
A look at one of the many wholesale stores in Guangzhou provides an example of fake products influencing how a business and its customers interact using technology. It also suggests that high quality...
View ArticleChina Knows How to Fake it
Like a girlfriend beset with endless ennui, China knows how to fake it, and is well known for ripping-off prominent western brands. Ranging from anything from food and clothing, to gaming and alcoholic...
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