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China's Addiction to Counterfeiting ( Source- The Diplomat / Author- David Volodzko)

Image credits- Wikimedia Commons / United States Customs  Source- The Diplomat Author- David Volodzko In June 2010, plaintiffs representing Gucci America sued Weixing Li, Lijun Xu, Ting Xu, and others for selling fake luxury products online. Last month, Judge Richard J. Sullivan of the Southern District of New York ordered the Bank of China to name any customers who’d sold such products in 2010. Meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping earlier this month, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker claims she told him: “you can’t keep stealing things.” This was in reference to cybersecurity and intellectual property theft, which is incredibly widespread in China. Have you heard China’s theme song for the 2022 Winter Olympics? Or seen the new sculpture in Xinjiang? Or been to the alpine village in Huairou? Well, they’re all knock-offs, and China has a lot of them. China’s actually pretty good at producing fakes. Not only does it produce them in great quantity (betwe