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25 Things That China Ripped Off

Jul 26, 2021, 12:46 IST

WAL-MART: A spokesman for Wumart said, "We dream about being the Walmart of China."

GROUPON: Groupon.cn is a rip-off, Groupon's China business is called Gaopeng.

HARRY POTTER: China even ripped off Harry Potter and Lord of The Rings in one book: Harry Potter and the Leopard Walk-Up-To Dragon.

ROLLS ROYCE: The Geely GE looked an awful lot like a Rolls Royce Phantom.

KFC: That's right, it's Beijing's Obama Fried Chicken

STARBUCKS: In China you can get Bucksstar Coffee. Of course this isn't the only Starbucks rip-off there's been Seyahi Coffee and Star Fucks Cofe.

PIZZA HUT: We're not quite sure why they went with Pizza Huh.

APPLE: But it isn't just fake Apple devices that have been ripped off. China has ripped off Apple stores too.

iPHONE: The HiPhone maker has long been copying Apple's iPhone, but this new version might just be its most impressive attempt thus far.

iPAD: The Apad, though it has a USB port which iPads lack.

GOOGLE: Goojje popped up just as Google threatened to leave China.

KATE MIDDLETON'S ENGAGEMENT RING: Chinese manufacturers also cashed in on the royal engagement. Some fakes were sold for as little as $15.

GIANT RUBBER DUCK: China also saw as many as 10 replicas of Dutch conceptual artist Florentijn Hofman's Rubber Duck which was originally showcased in Hong Kong.

OIL PAINTINGS: Dafen, also known as the "town of painting replicas", is responsible for 60% of the world's oil painting market.

DISNEYLAND: The park's management has denied using copies of Walt Disney characters.

PARIS: Tianducheng was built to replicate Paris and included a 354-foot replica of the Eiffel tower.

ENGLISH TOWNS: Then there's Thames Town in China's Songjiang, near Shanghai which replicates architectural styles from English towns.

HOLLAND: And Holland village with it's own windmill.

FLORENCE: A canal flows through the center of a Florentine village replica in China on the outskirts of the city of Tianjin.

HALLSTATT: They also replicated Hallstatt, a UNESCO world heritage site.

US CAPITOL: Full-scale replicas of the U.S. Capitol building have been constructed in the cities of Wuxi and Fuyang.

THE WHITE HOUSE: Of course there's the White House replica at Beijing World Park.

SYDNEY: And they have a replica of the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Sydney Opera House in Beijing.

TROJAN: In 2010, federal officials discovered more than half-a-million fake Trojan condoms that were being sold via a counterfeit smuggling ring.

BUDDHAS: They also made replicas of the 'Buddhas of Bamiyan' that were destroyed by the Taliban.

Now look at some risks China faces right now...

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