there are also a lot of fake abalones.
what is the damage?
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One third of sample goods bought from Chinese websites 'fake', study finds
Vendors found selling counterfeit or poor quality goods on seven of the nine big online trading platforms on the mainland, a government-backed study discovered
PUBLISHED : Monday, 26 January, 2015, 11:53am
UPDATED : Monday, 26 January, 2015, 1:41pm
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Workers sort parcels for delivery at a distribution centre in Shanghai. Photo: Xinhua
A survey of products bought on e-commerce websites in China showed that seven of the nine big online trading platforms were selling fake or substandard goods, state television reported.
Ninety-two products ranging from clothing, cosmetics, toys, fertiliser and lubricant oil were randomly chosen in the survey conducted by the State Administration of Industry and Commerce and the China Consumers’ Association. Thirty-eight of the goods were fake.
The products were bought through vendors selling on websites including Jd.com, Taobao.com, Tmall.com, Yhd.com and Zol.com. The firms have been punished by the authorities for the offences, the state television report said.
The vendors on the sites said their products were genuine, but manufacturers confirmed they had been counterfeited, according to the report.
Official statistics suggest at least 350 million people have shopped online in China, with each spending at least 3,000 yuan (HK$3,700).
The bulk of consumer complaints on the mainland are now linked to purchases made on the internet, the CCTV report said.
Among the bootleg products bought in the survey was a fake Samsung mobile phone sold for 300 yuan lower than its normal price.
Most of the toys bought did not have proper certification to prove they were safe for children.
Eighty per cent of the fertilisers bought were fake, the survey found.
Taobao cries foul over study’s claim that it sells fake, substandard goods
Official survey ‘unfair’ for sampling only 51 of the online shopping giant’s 1 billion products
PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 27 January, 2015, 7:29pm
UPDATED : Tuesday, 27 January, 2015, 7:39pm
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Chinese workers sort out packages meant for online shoppers at a delivery firm. Photo: AFP
China’s largest online shopping platform Taobao.com has hit back at the results of an official quality survey that accused it of selling fake and substandard goods, saying that the poll’s sampling methods were questionable and its test standards unfair.
More than 60 per cent of products randomly chosen from Taobao failed to meet China’s retail-goods standards, according to a recent survey commissioned by the state commercial regulator and conducted by the China Consumers’ Association.
In an open letter published on Taobao’s Weibo account, the e-commerce giant said the survey selected only 51 products out of the more than 1 billion that it had on sale.
It also said it was unfair of the State Administration of Industry and Commerce to compare the quality of goods sold on Taobao – whose platform comprises millions of e-commerce businesses operated by individual sellers – with those sold by self-operated retailers.
One of China’s major self-operated e-commerce businesses is Taobao’s major rival, Jingdong Mall. It is also the country’s second largest online shopping platform. The survey results showed that 90 per cent of Jingdong Mall’s products met official standards.
About 80 per cent of goods sold on Yihaodian, a Chinese online grocery business controlled by Walmart, met standards.
Taobao’s open letter, titled “Don’t “Don’t make unfair calls, Director Liu Hongliang. You’ve crossed the line”, was penned by an anonymous employee, Taobao said on Weibo.
The letter addressed State Administration for Industry and Commerce director Liu Hongliang, accusing him of making public the survey results without giving the online shop owners a chance to appeal. The move violated China’s regulations on quality surveys, it said.
“Director Liu, is it appropriate to make use of your public power [like this]? It’s easy to ruin [the reputation of] Taobao, but please don’t ruin the spirit of private entrepreneurs simply because [you are angry with] Taobao,” the letter said.
Chinese officials, including Premier Li Keqiang, have over the past year repeatedly voiced support for the country’s burgeoning private enterprises, especially those in the e-commerce sector.
At least 350 million people have shopped online in China, with each spending at least 3,000 yuan (HK$3,770), according to official statistics.
Fake app-ranking factory uncovered in China
Staff Reporter
2015-02-05
A female worker reportedly gives out fake ratings to apps by physically going handset to handset. (Internet photo)
A photo recently uploaded online in China showing someone reportedly working on an array of mobile phones has gone viral overnight, as it gives a glimpse into China's app-ranking manipulation factory, reports Tencent Technology.
In the photo posted on to China's Weibo microblog, a woman with about a hundred iPhones placed before her appears to be giving out fake ratings to apps by going phone by phone.
About a hundred fake ratings, which have the potential to affect the top lists of Apple's App Store, can be created within an hour or two.
Apple has had adopted a number of measures to crackdown on fake downloads and cheating the rankings, including lowering the price of apps to only 1 yuan (US$0.16) which the company hopes could draw more real users to rate.
Yet given the fact that people in China are physically simulating real users, as seen in the leaked photo, it would be tough to crack down on the industry.
Numbers are important, as a majority of users refer to ratings when it comes to downloading apps. Those with better ratings have a much higher chance of being downloaded.
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Translation
China, land of fake goods, has excelled itself as a lucrative trade in selling fake ID’s to underage US college students has been uncovered by the New York Times.
The practice has become so commonplace that the Illinois Secretary of State has issued warnings reminding students of the penalties for owning fake ID’s and the possibility of identity theft.
Students get in touch with Chinese suppliers through emails passed along by word of mouth between students. Once a deal has been decided, it’s as simple as sending in a photo and transferring the money through Western Union or MoneyGram.
Prices vary between suppliers, but most offer discounts for bulk purchases.
Home Security said of the ID’s that they were the “best they’d ever seen”.
It’s actually not so surprising- China is after all in the land of fake handbags, fake viagara and even fake lions.
Masking the flaws: Fake cosmetics in China's online shopping boom
Staff Reporter
2015-02-11
Leader Cosmetics facial masks. (Internet photo)
More than 100,000 bootleg facial masks "made in Korea" are circulating in China's market, reports the Henan-based Dahe Daily.
The Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) has announced a crackdown on a Chinese-owned factory that counterfeits the popular medical cosmetic facial masks of South Korea's Leader Cosmetics.
The factory, owned by a Chinese national surnamed Cai, is located in Paju in Gyeonggi province, close to the border with North Korea. The syndicate has produced 260,600 masks with an estimated market value of US$720,000. More than 100,000 of the products have been exported to mainland China, said KIPO.
The packaging of the real and fake products is identical, but the cosmetic content contains antiseptics that are hazardous to the human skin and body. The KIPO has officially requested for assistance from China's judicial authorities to prevent the bootleg masks from circulating in China and protect the brand's reputation.
In March 2014, a syndicate counterfeiting popular Taiwan-based facial mask brand My Beauty Diary was also busted in China.
The majority of the fake masks are distributed through professional buyers, the individuals who take shopping requests from clients on personal social media pages and sell the products for less than retail. The sellers claim they have direct access to the manufacturers or wholesalers, which allows them to cut prices.
A recent study by China's Shenwan Hongyuan Securities suggests that individual sellers on social media, largely the Weibo microblog in China's case, tend to give customers a better shopping experience because of its instant, interactive nature, said the article.
This new mode of business is growing rapidly but lacks regulations to curb sellers from distributing unlicensed or pirated products. In an online survey conducted by a major website in China, 27% of the 189 respondents said they have had bad experiences purchasing facial masks with professional buyers online. About 52% said they would not buy from individual online buyers again because "there are too many fake products."
A supervising body for sizable businesses on microblogs should be established to ensure the rights of consumers, said the report.
U got proof?
Chinese counterfeit caviar among tonnes of fake food and drink seized by Interpol
PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 17 February, 2015, 11:16am
UPDATED : Tuesday, 17 February, 2015, 11:23am
Agence France-Presse in Paris
A sample of fake Chinese caviar seized during an earlier raid in Spain by Interpol in 2012. The latest haul of Chinese counterfeit caviar was made in France. Photo: Interpol
A global police crackdown on counterfeit produce has netted thousands of tonnes of fake food and drink, including Chinese imitation caviar, Interpol said.
Operation Opson 4 was run by Interpol and its EU sister agency Europol in 47 countries during December and January, 20 of them within the European Union.
Some 2,500 tonnes of fake and substandard food and more than 275,000 litres of fake or diluted alcohol were confiscated.
The haul included 20,000 litres of fake whisky in Thailand, false malt in Uganda and fake beer in Rwanda. In Britain, police shut down an imitation vodka factory, where nearly 20,000 empty bottles were ready to be filled, Lyon-based Interpol said Monday.
French customs uncovered dubious Chinese “caviar” in boxes marked “Aquitaine caviar” after one of France’s most famous seafood-producing regions, as well as 17 tonnes of krill meat hidden in containers in the Channel port of Le Havre.
In Italy, the carabinieri busted a mozzarella trafficking ring in the southern Salerno region that made the famous cheese from sour milk produced in Eastern Europe.
In Tuscany, police discovered defrosted rotten fish and shellfish sprayed with a mix of citric acid, phosphate and hydrogen to mask its decay.
The two-month-long swoop targeted shops, markets, airports, harbours and industrial zones and involved police and customs officers as well as public and private consumer watchdogs.
The cross-border syndicates preyed mainly on alcoholic beverages, seafood and meat, Interpol said.
“Fake and substandard food and diluted, poor quality beverages are a real health and safety threat,” said Mike Ellis, who heads the Interpol unit that tracks the trafficking of illicit goods.
“People take significant risks and sometimes die because of criminals’ greed,” he said.
Colonel Bruno Manin, head of the French police’s unit involved in Opson 4, said it was best to avoid luxury products offered at bargain-basement prices.
“When a high-end product is offered at three to four times cheaper than in the shop it’s better to resist the lure,” Manin warned.
Trafficking in fake food and drink appeals to criminals as it produces hefty profits and poses a low risk, especially when the deal is done online.
“The Internet is definitely a strong accelerator for these crimes,” as it makes it difficult to track fraudsters perpetrating these crimes, Manin said.
Name brand OEM factories in China make real and fake alike
Staff Reporter
2015-03-15
Fake handbags in a factory in Dongguan, Guangdong. (Internet photo)
Knockoffs of Michael Kors handbags ready to be shipped from a factory in Dongguan, Guangdong. (Internet photo)
Up to 80% of luxury goods sold on China's online platforms are reportedly knockoffs, many of which come from legitimate OEM factories of the brands, reports China's Tencent news outlet.
An unnamed source told Tencent that many of the luxury goods on online overseas shopping platforms are fake. Zhou Ting, an expert in the field, said that according to a study in 2013, 80% of the luxury items sold online in China are counterfeit. Most of these items cost one-tenth to one-fourth of the real item's tag price.
China is home to OEM factories for many major luxury brands like Michael Kors, Coach, Prada, Burberry and Gucci, among others. In the coastal cities of Guangzhou, Dongguan and Qingdao, products that do not pass quality inspection are often times smuggled out of the factory and sold. "The management of the factories sell some, even the good ones, if they need the cash," said a former employee of a factory in Qingdao, who added that the items are generally sold for a quarter of the original price.
In 2015, a batch of Tommy Hilfiger purses manufactured in Qingdao were unable to be shipped due to problems with the contract. The batch subsequently slipped out from the OEM factory without detection.
Some factories specialize in producing knockoffs. An Ya (alias), an employee at a counterfeit Michael Kors' factory in Dongguan, told the press that her company has access to the fashion brand's suppliers, materials and original designs. "This is a very profitable business," An Ya said. "The leaders of the brands' OEM factories have access to the company's suppliers and original designs and they leak the information to manufacturers like us."
"Many employees in the OEM factories establish their own factories to make fake items. They are safe as long as they make sure the management gets their share and keep their mouths shut," another source revealed.
In July 2012, Louis Vuitton sued three large Chinese fake product markets and more than 30 individual sellers in Nanjing and Hefei and claimed compensation of more than 20 million yuan (US$3.2 millon).
Chinese authorities have also beefed up measures to reign in the knockoff industry. In mid-2014, authorities in Guangzhou raided 23 bases that stored and sold a total of more than 13,000 fake luxury goods items.
"The luxury brands are aware of the knockoff business but there's nothing much they can do about it," said a source familiar with the industry. As of now, the cost, standard and capacity of China's labor force is still a better alternative for international brands. If measures are taken against the brands' business partners in China, the whole supply chain will be affected. In all likelihood, none of the OEM factories are purely "clean," said the source.
Taiwan to slap fines on Chinese Uber clone Yongche
Lin Shu-hui and Staff Reporter
2015-03-25
A mobile phone user shows the Yongche app on his device. (Photo/CNS)
Taiwan's Ministry of Transportation and Communications has said that Chinese car rental company Yongche failed to register its investment license in Taiwan according to local rules imposed on mainland Chinese enterprises, and thus may be subject to a NT$150,000 (US$4,800) fine, with its cars' plates suspended for two to six months, reports our Chinese-language sister paper Commercial Times.
The ministry said Taiwan's laws forbid private vehicles to be operated as a means to bring income to their owners. Furthermore, drivers in the transport industry must have a properly registered professional license which allows them to make a living by carrying freight or passengers with their registered vehicles.
In July 2014, Uber, an American company that operates vehicles for hire via the internet, was fined over NT$10 million (US$320,000) by Taiwanese authorities for failing to register their operations. The company was also found to be using private vehicles for its business. Uber services were cheaper than registered taxis in Taiwan.
Yongche operates a system of vehicles for rent similar to Uber. Yongche has not applied for any business license and the ministry has asked monitoring authorities to crack down on vehicles operated by the company.
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Agree my fellow chinesedog let us go and worship the indians,malays,whites and africans we are the lowest race of all.
PUBLISHED : Sunday, 10 May, 2015, 8:38pm
UPDATED : Monday, 11 May, 2015, 10:50am
After government ban, now Guangzhou wants to copy Uber
"Ru yue" contradicts Beijing's promise to be more open and fair to foreign business in China
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Guangzhou and Chengdu government officials raided mainland offices of Uber, alleging that it was operating without proper legal status. Photo: Reuters
One of the biggest risks of doing business in China for foreign companies is regulatory uncertainty, and that risk factor is growing bigger these days due partly to fast development of global technology and innovation.
Remember the recent South China Morning Post story about global taxi-hailing app Uber in China? Two local governments - Guangzhou first and then Chengdu - raided mainland-based offices of Uber within just one week for more or less the same reason: the local authorities suspected Uber did not have "legal status" to provide taxi services in those cities.
A few days after the Guangzhou raid, something really weird happened. According to Nanfang Daily, the mouthpiece of the local Communist Party in Guangdong province, the city government of Guangzhou would soon launch a new government-owned online platform for taxi booking, similar to the business concept of San Francisco-headquartered Uber. The new taxi booking system, called "Ru yue", literally "appointment on time", will be led by the local transport authority of Guangzhou - the very same government agency that sent its officials to raid the Guangzhou office of Uber.
The major difference between Uber and Ru yue, according to Nanfang Daily, quoting officials of the Guangzhou transport authority, is that all the vehicles joining the new government-led "Ru yue" system will go through a local government approval process so they will get special licences and then provide "legal transport service" to customers who book via "Ru yue".
I see at least two major problems in the Guangzhou government's thinking on Uber and how the local government wants to extract benefits for itself. First, it's all about approval and licensing, towards which the central government may have quite different thinking these days.
Premier Li Keqiang recently ordered all levels of government departments to cut red tape and let the market play a bigger role in mainland economic development. The Guangzhou government, meanwhile, is adding more layers of approvals.
Also, Ru yue will be a de facto monopoly, rather than letting the market play its role in providing better services.
Further, to ban Uber on one side but develop a government-owned and Uber-like system on the other really damages the image of the Chinese government. Guangzhou's Ru yue move contradicts Beijing's promise to be more open and fair to foreign business in China.
Uber is not the end but just a beginning of new technology and innovation. What about the next foreign technology that may make people's daily lives better? It's time for the central government to look into the matter and offer a loud and clear answer to foreign business that China is not a biased nation for foreign business.
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