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12-24-2007, 05:28 PM | #1 |
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found this interesting article on aol news. it's kinda disturbing in a way. check it out though.
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There's a lot of money in counterfeiting in China. If you goto Shanghai, one of the biggest market streets in China sells pretty much straight up counterfeit stuff.
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12-24-2007, 06:23 PM | #4 | |
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12-24-2007, 06:31 PM | #5 |
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I haven't been back to Shanghai since '02 and that was before they opened their markets. I've been thinking about going back since my parents recently bought a house for when they retire. Supposedly though counterfeit stuff is everywhere. My dad tells me pretty much 4/5 of anything in Shanghai are counterfeit lol. But then again it's dirt cheap. I remember when I went back in '02 it was 10 yuan per 1 US dollar and I could get a full lunch for about 3-4 yuan. Good times.
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12-24-2007, 06:46 PM | #6 |
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What a fucking joke, china's counterfeit market/world disgusts me. The last straw was drawn for me when I found out they were responsible for counterfeit medications....."medications" that consisted of dry wall and chalk dust instead of the life altering and ultra important ingredients of the real drugs. So I'd kill every single one of those counterfeiters in a firing squad if I could. From the fake car makers (which is really just a disgusting joke on china's part and makes them look like cheap idiots to the rest of world), to medications, to clothing and watches...........I'd exterminate them all.
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You realize counterfeiting exists in basically every aspect of the world's economy. By no means is china the first, nor will it be the last to counterfeit things. As long as there exist an object to measure monetary value, there will be people trying to make a quick buck by counterfeiting. You can't blame just the counterfeiters, you'd also have to blame the people that buy the knock-off merchandise. If people weren't cheap, there would be no cheap knock-offs in the first place. If you want to blame anyone, blame the human nature for competition as this is the basic driving force behind all capitalism.
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That I agree with you on. With China's population, the counterfeiting taking place is on epic proportions compared to what you would see in the rest of the world. Part of it though has to do with countries like the US outsourcing all their hard labor to China and India. I think counterfeiting wouldn't be nearly as bad if people didn't get paid 10 cents per hour for hard labor. Capitalism at its finest unfortunately. Some business just don't care how badly they treat their workers as long as they can make a few cents more profit per unit.
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counterfeit watches, clothes, and other items i can understand. but damn, cars??? it just really bugs the sh*t out of me that it's a bmw too. it's just a matter of time before those counterfeit bmw's make their way into the U.S. and ppl start driving them here.
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i dont know if this is a repost... but i can almost swear ive seen this on E90post before.
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hello,am live in Shanghai,PR China.
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