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12.01.16Though Awash in Fakes, China Rethinks Counterfeit Hunters
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As China grows and matures, and moves to protect brands and ideas, it still struggles with how to get rid of fakes. Enter Mr. Ji.
Sinica Podcast
09.27.16
Fakes, Pirates, and Shanzhai Culture
from Sinica Podcast
Fakes, knockoffs, pirate goods, counterfeits: China is notorious as the global manufacturing center of all things ersatz. But in the first decade after the People’s Republic joined the World Trade Organization in 2001, a particular kind of knockoff...
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06.16.16Alibaba Faces Backlash Over Promises on Counterfeits
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E-commerce giant has said it would spare no expense in cracking down on sellers of fake goods on its sites; Ma’s latest comments irk brands.
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12.10.15Amid China’s Smog Worries, One More: Counterfeit Masks
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The customs authorities in Shanghai have seized nearly 120,000 counterfeit surgical masks.
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08.27.13Struggling Immigrant Artist Tied to $80 Million New York Fraud
New York Times
Pei-Shen Qian, a quiet 73-year-old immigrant from China, is suspected of having fooled the art world by creating dozens of works that were modeled after America’s Modernist masters and later sold as their handiwork for more than $80 million.&...
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04.30.13Alibaba Joins China In Antipiracy Fight
Wall Street Journal
Alibaba announced its partnership with five agencies at a news conference Tuesday. On the same day, Xinhua reported that China’s top legislature is considering amending the country’s consumer-rights law to protect online shoppers.