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China Knockoff Craze Gains Steam, Courage

Shanzhai culture shifts from brand names to national symbols

By Kristina Loew,  Newser User

Posted Jan 24, 2009 12:27 AM CST

(Newser) – An internet variety showed parodying the annual lunar new year gala on Chinese central TV is just the most publicized knockoff generated by the country’s rebellious shanzhai culture, the Wall Street Journal reports. Once mainly the province of counterfeit name brands (think HiPhone), the...   Read full story »

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