Sales of counterfeit products represent nearly 45% of those cases, 18.
Over the years, the country has taken the proverbial expression "imitation is the sincerest form of flattery" to the next level, churning out scores of shanzhai, or counterfeit, items, including everything from fake Apple iPhones to Harry Potter books to Rolls-Royces and French luxury wines.
Now stand you on the top of happy hours, ; And many maiden gardens, yet unset, With virtuous wish would bear you living flowers, , Much liker than your painted counterfeit.
Alibaba is getting sued by major luxury brands including Gucci for allegedly allowing the sale of counterfeit goods online.
In January SAIC said it had found evidence of bribery, fake listings and counterfeit goods on Taobao, Alibaba's most popular consumer marketplace.
Executives at JD, which is based in Beijing, insist they are building a company that will eventually have a commanding advantage in e-commerce, with strong customer service, speedy delivery and assurances that the products it ships are authentic, not counterfeit.
Now stand you on the top of happy hours, And many maiden gardens yet unset With virtuous wish would bear your living flowers, Much liker than your painted counterfeit: So should the lines of life that life repair, Which this, Time's pencil, or my pupil pen, Neither in inward worth nor outward fair, Can make you live yourself in eyes of men.
Jack Ma, chairman of ecommerce group Alibaba, has blamed credulous and "greedy" consumers for the prevalence of counterfeit goods available on the internet, adding that his company provides buyers with the tools to distinguish fakes from the genuine article.
Aleck built a university or two per Sunday; also a hospital or two; also a Rowton hotel or so; also a batch of churches; now and then a cathedral; and once, with untimely and ill-chosen playfulness, Sally said, "It was a cold day when she didn't ship a cargo of missionaries to persuade unreflecting Chinamen to trade off twenty-four carat Confucianism for counterfeit Christianity.
" In 2008, an estimated 150 million, or 20 percent, of the 750 million handsets produced in China were either counterfeit or off-brand phones, according to CCID Consulting, a market research firm based in Beijing.
Money, Real and Counterfeit 1.
2 Shake off this downy sleep, death's counterfeit, and look on death itself.
