Commonly counterfeited products include CDs, computer software, foreign cigarettes, medicines, watches, wines, auto parts, books, Tibetan jewelry, Qing coins, Marlboro cigarettes, Sony Walkmens, Maxell tapes, Apple I-pods, Sony Playstations. Rolex watches, Coca-cola, Pabst beer, "Chrysler" jeeps, fake train tickets, 100 yuan notes, lottery tickets and certificates that state antique items are genuine. Watch out for packages of tea with John Deere logo.
In markets in Shanghai you get good knock offs of Louis Vuitton bags for $25, North Face jackets for $26, Cartier wallets for $15, Callaway and Taylor-Made golf clubs fr $12.50 and Wilson tennis racket for $10. If a customer doesn’t see what he wants he can leaf through a counterfeit goods catalog and order a copy of what he likes. Truck parts, brake pads and pharmaceuticals are also available. Companies are sometimes reluctant to advertise because often all that does is boost sales for the counterfeiters.
Counterfeit banknotes are so common cashiers scrutinize every 50 yuan or 100 yuan ($6 or $12) bill. In stores you can find Chinese oranges with fake Sunkist labels. Even Deng Xiaoping's Collected Works has been pirated. The latter is filled with errors such as: "We must take Marxism as dogma” instead of "We must not take Marxism as dogma."
Fujian and Guangdong Provinces are regarded as hotbeds for counterfeiting, pirating and forgery. Guangdong is home to a thousands of factories that produce counterfeit goods, many of which also produce legitimate products. Fujian is considered the place to go for forged securities, documents and gift certificates. There are printing facility there that can expertly copy of any coupon, certificate or voucher—even those with holograms—that are given to them. Some towns specialize in counterfeiting one line of products: Wengang for pens; Taizhou for auto parts; Chaozhou for cosmetics.
Famous trademark names of Japanese sake brewers have been registered in China without permission of the real brewers.
Counterfeit copies of Apple iPhone are available. The products often appear about one or two months after the genuine articles go on sale, have many of the same capabilities and cost only a fifth of the price of the original.
