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Fake Apple stores closed in Chinese city

article published on 28 July, 2011

Officials act on bogus Apple stores following exposure by blogger. Chinese officials in Kunming City have moved to shut down a number of retail stores that were designed to look exactly like Apple stores. The BirdAbroad blog (edited by an American woman living in China) exposed the elaborate fake stores in the city, prompting trade officials to investigate. In total, five stores were ... [ read the full article ]

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KillerBug
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_ 		28. July 2011 @ 23:12 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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Of the five, two have so far been shut down because their owners lacked a business license.
So...not only is it legal to operate a clone of a store, but it is also possible to get a business license to do so? I wonder, do you need an additional license for fraud, or is that built into the basic business license?
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_ 		28. July 2011 @ 23:40 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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_ 		30. July 2011 @ 02:37 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
This isn't suprising at all since China is probably the biggest supplier of grey market, and cheap knock-off items. Nice link Jeffrey_P
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