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<p>[QUOTE="bosko69, post: 9508063, member: 16283"]Between 2008 & 2010, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/things-that-china-copied-from-the-world-2013-8?op=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.businessinsider.com/things-that-china-copied-from-the-world-2013-8?op=1" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #000000">70% of all counterfeits seized globally</span></a> came from China. </p><p>Here's an item I found on the BBC Site-I haven't investigated this piece in depth-so take it with a grain of salt.If true,this is one deep & extraordinary fake !</p><p><br /></p><p><b>An American blogger has discovered 3 fake Apple stores operating in Kunming City, China.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Pictures of the stores, their staff and a description of a stroll around them was posted on the <a href="http://birdabroad.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://birdabroad.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow">BirdAbroad</a> blog.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the article, she writes about conversations with staff, many of whom were convinced that they were employed by the US electronics firm.</p><p><br /></p><p>Apple has said it has no comment to make on the discovery of the counterfeit shops.</p><p><br /></p><p>On her blog, <span style="color: #000000"><a href="http://birdabroad.wordpress.com/2011/07/20/are-you-listening-steve-jobs/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://birdabroad.wordpress.com/2011/07/20/are-you-listening-steve-jobs/" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #000000">BirdAbroad</span> described the stores as a "beautiful ripoff - a brilliant one - the best ripoff store we had ever seen"</a>. </span></p><p><br /></p><p>She describes how convincing the shop was at first glance because so much trouble had been taken to copy key elements of a real Apple store.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>For instance, it has a winding staircase, upstairs seating area and employees wearing blue T-shirts and chunky ID lanyards.</p><p>*A further check revealed that none of the three stores she found are mentioned on Apple's list of official resellers known to be trading in Kunming.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="bosko69, post: 9508063, member: 16283"]Between 2008 & 2010, [URL='http://www.businessinsider.com/things-that-china-copied-from-the-world-2013-8?op=1'][COLOR=#000000]70% of all counterfeits seized globally[/COLOR][/URL] came from China. Here's an item I found on the BBC Site-I haven't investigated this piece in depth-so take it with a grain of salt.If true,this is one deep & extraordinary fake ! [B]An American blogger has discovered 3 fake Apple stores operating in Kunming City, China.[/B] Pictures of the stores, their staff and a description of a stroll around them was posted on the [URL='http://birdabroad.wordpress.com/']BirdAbroad[/URL] blog. In the article, she writes about conversations with staff, many of whom were convinced that they were employed by the US electronics firm. Apple has said it has no comment to make on the discovery of the counterfeit shops. On her blog, [COLOR=#000000][URL='http://birdabroad.wordpress.com/2011/07/20/are-you-listening-steve-jobs/'][COLOR=#000000]BirdAbroad[/COLOR] described the stores as a "beautiful ripoff - a brilliant one - the best ripoff store we had ever seen"[/URL]. [/COLOR] She describes how convincing the shop was at first glance because so much trouble had been taken to copy key elements of a real Apple store. For instance, it has a winding staircase, upstairs seating area and employees wearing blue T-shirts and chunky ID lanyards. *A further check revealed that none of the three stores she found are mentioned on Apple's list of official resellers known to be trading in Kunming.[/QUOTE]
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