Fellow Shanghainese blogger Seven Castles
had an entry on fake goods in China. Many people visiting China don't
realize how many fakes are around, and that it's sometimes very
difficult or important to find the real thing (ever tried to buy a real
DVD in China?). Here is his log:
"It
was said that 62% of TV health ads and 95% of all health ads in
newspapers are bogus or at least illegal. It[base ']s unbelievable what kind
of infomercials you sometimes see here on TV, and even more
unbelievable that people believe them. Who would believe that you can
grow 5-10 cm taller by putting some expensive cream on your legs? Well, people seem to buy it, otherwise the ads would not be made.
Currently fake DVDs cost about 8 yuan in DVD shops in China.
Though the price of the legitimate discs is now affordable for the
general public, Chinese are not yet willing to pay a little extra.
A
local real estate developer has been fined 200,000 yuan (US$24,096) for
signing fake contracts with brokers in order to inflate the value of
its apartments. It issued false information, which misled buyers. The
200,000 yuan fine was the heaviest punishment it could apply according
to the law. The city[base ']s housing and land administration has revoked its
license to develop property.
Thirty
percent of the leather shoes checked during a recent spot by the
Shanghai Industrial and Commercial Administrative Bureau failed to meet
standards. Eighty brands in 42 stores and markets were checked, but
only 24 were found to be selling quality products. At seven stores, all
the products failed to pass the checks
Local
railway police seized 1,450 cartons of fake cigarettes which are worth
more than 900,000 yuan (US$108,434), were disguised as stationery and
packed in 54 boxes.
Fake Chinese eggs, which re-emerged in China recently after 10 years, made headlines in Vietnam. A fake Chinese egg is made with borax, alum, glue, several organic acids and other chemicals. Healthcare experts in Vietnam warn that fake eggs may cause memory loss or delirium if consumed."
The fake
egg really fascinates me. I wrote about it a couple of months ago
(see my entry of January 3). Eggs are so cheap, how can you make
money by faking them? And not only that, it seems that it is a
difficult product to fake, with the thin shell, and the contents of
both egg white and egg yolk. I hope I will never come accross one,
knowing now that it can cause a delirium.
2:40:13 PM 
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