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China’s Blurry Line Between Fake and Real
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China’s Blurry Line Between Fake and Real

Justin Mitchell
May 28, 2007
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Here in Wong Tinghua’s bustling counterfeit watch factory in Shenzhen, the niceties of copyright are not an issue. Wong, 35, used to manufacture legitimate time pieces in the northeast Chinese city of Dandong, bordering North Korea on the Yalu River in Liaoning Province. Now he specializes in watches on demand. You want Disney? He’s got Disney. Hello Ki…

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