China is the world's biggest nation and it is the second biggest economy, just behind the United States. Manufacturing is one of the main foundation of China. They're great at making things. But on the other hand they're great at making fake things that look like genuine items, also known as counterfeiting

Everything from dvd watches, shoes, and fashion can be found on the counterfeit market. While the process was once limited to luxury fakes like Louise Vuitton bags, the demand for counterfeit goods now branches into frighteningly risky markets, such as technology, food and pharmaceuticals.

The criminals are ahead of the curve, constantly devising newer and more sophisticated schemes to fool the consumer. So, until there’s no longer a market willing to pay bottom dollar for the latest in counterfeiting, counterfeits aren’t going anywhere.

15. Shoes & Apparel

Via bizarreculture.com

Well this is basic. Even when this started many years ago, it is still running till today. Knockoff shoes and garments are the bread and spread of the fake business, and you better accept China's on the ball concerning revealing that new combine of Adidas and Nike.

14. Fake Apple Store

Via themagpieonline.com

Well does this look convincing? The sign, the product, the looks, and even the workers look like apple workers working for Steve Jobs. Who wouldn't get fooled by this "APPLE STORE".

Whether this is because the people who live there are more likely to buy Apple products or because Apple wants people to associate their products with general wealth is immaterial.

This shop is located in Kunming, China. There are no less than three fake Apple Stores in Kunming, China. Entire stores are completely faked. So Beware!!

13. Child Singers

Via wonkette.com

The 2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony was held at the Beijing National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest. Authorities replaced a cute child singer with an even cuter kid who was only pretending to sing.

The song "Ode to the Motherland" appeared to be sung by Lin Miaoke at the ceremony, but it emerged she had mimed her performance to a recording by another girl, Yang Peiyi.

It was a last minute decision to use lip-synching, following a Politburo member's objection to Lin's voice.

12. Fake Condoms

Via 360nobs.com

“There are holes in them and… the condoms burst easily,” a Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) spokesman told the BBC.The condoms were being distributed free as part of an HIV/Aids prevention campaign by the Ghana Health Service.

In April 2013, the government of Ghana seized over 110 million Chinese condoms, claiming many had holes, were insufficiently lubricated, and were subject to breaking under pressure.

11. Fake University

Via Jinan Times

Total of 68 students came to realize “on the eve of their graduation” that the school they had been attending for the last four years was a complete fake. These 68 students had test scores too low to get into the Shandong Institute of Light Industry, but they received letters offering them the opportunity to enroll as full-time students in a “pilot program”.

The students enrolled, paid their tuition and attended for four years, only at the last minute to discover that their school in fact had no official connection with the Institute whatsoever.

A man named Zhao Lianshan set up a scam wherein he forged acceptance letters to hundreds of local students who had underachieved on the college entrance exams. Hired fake professors and administrators, and doctored numerous university documents to make him and his “staff” look legit.

10. Fake Ikea

Via dailymail.co.uk

Faking an "Apple Store" is quite simple. But faking a huge retail store like IKEA should not be a problem in China.

It's called 11 Furniture and is a 10,000 square metre, four-storey replica that's virtually identical to the Swedish-made version.

It copies Ikea's blue-and-yellow colour scheme, mock-up rooms, miniature pencils, signage and even its rocking chair designs. Its cafeteria-style restaurant, complete with minimalist wooden tables, has a familiar look, although the menu features Chinese-style braised minced pork and eggs instead of Ikea's Swedish meatballs and salmon.

Even if the style of the store being knocked off, but the products they sell is still genuine(from china).

9. Antifreeze Toothpaste

Via Therichest.com

In 2007 the Canadian Government warned Canadians to be on the look out for the toothpaste because it contained diethylene glycol, a powerful industrial solvent.

The toothpaste was polluted with diethylene glycol (DEG) also known as antifreeze, a chemical banned by the FDA for its detrimental effects on the liver and kidneys.

The toothpaste was made in China, but marked 'Made in South Africa' and illegally branded as Colgate, according to Canadian officials. The packaging was complete with a series of spelling errors.

8. Airbags

Via Mgstech.net

In 2012, a businessman representing a Chinese company admitted of selling thousands of counterfeit airbags to various car dealerships throughout North America.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates that at least 0.1% of cars in the United States are now equipped with counterfeit Chinese airbags.

The airbag look identical to the genuine airbag. Even if it sound small in percentage of 0.1%, but it is equal to thounsand of car owners which can be found from many different manufacturers, including Honda, Toyota, Mercedes, BMW, and Chevrolet.

7. Home Made Eggs

Via thecontroversialfiles.net

Not long ago people discovered fake chicken eggs being produced and sold in China. Fake eggs would cost cheaper than real chicken eggs.

They add pre-measured amounts of resin, starch, and extract (usually from algae) to make the egg white. The yolk is made up of a separate mix of resin and different colored pigments. Finally, the shell is made from a combination of wax, gypsum powder, and calcium carbonate.

It may sound really complicated to make but producing large number of eggs will sure turn into profit as for the increasing demand of eggs.

6. Melamine Baby Formula

Via dailymail.co.uk

The 2008 Chinese milk scandal was a food safety incident in China, involving milk and infant formula, and other food materials and components, adulterated with melamine.

China reported an estimated 300,000 victims, with six infants dying from kidney stones and other kidney damage, and an estimated 54,000 babies being hospitalised.

50 individuals involved in the production and distribution of fake infant formula, which was suspected in the deaths of dozens of children in the city of Fuyang. The formula was found to have little to no nutrients and infants that were being fed it were essentially starving to death.

5. Plastic Rice

Via Inventorspot.com

Apparently, individuals in China have figured out a way to make imitation rice by mixing potatoes, sweet potatoes, and industrial resin and then extruding the mixture through a sieve. The result looks exactly like rice however it tastes exactly like plastic.

According to an official from the Chinese Restaurant Association, “eating three bowls of this fake rice would be like eating one plastic bag”. Nyum.....

4. Pork to Beef

Via chinasmack.com

The beef scandal has been around since 2011. Higher demand of beef in china are increasing since beef tends to be much more expensive than pork in China. Some dishonest restaurant owner tend to produce beef meat by using pork meat.

All it takes is some high-grade beef extract, an easily-available glazing agent and 90 minutes of magical marination. Doctors who've taken a look at the widespread practice of meat-masking state “long-term use of additives can cause slow poisoning, deformity, and even cancer.”

3. Sement In Walnuts

via ibtimes.co.uk

Walnut is one of the main delicacy in China. There are cases in Henan China where walnut seller will collect walnut’s shell to be reused. Walnut’s shells will be recycle by filling the nuts with cement then gluing up the shells back together.

The walrock will be mixed with regular nuts and sold to another unsuspecting customers.

2. Rat Meat To Mutton

Via Examiner.com

In the Early 2013, 904 persons have been arrested as suspects in the crime ring since January 2013. China’s Ministry of Public Security states that the persons arrested are suspected of selling and producing false or tainted meat products.

The report claims that at least one suspect used food additives to promote the flavor and appearance of such items as rat meat, mink meat, and fox meat, and then the items were sold as food to Shanghai and Jiangsu province.

1. WHITE GUY IN A TIE

via mrconservative.com

Chinese apparently love white people. So much so, in fact, that they’ve begun counterfeiting a very specific breed of white person in China the generic, middle-aged American businessman.

The so-called “White Guy in a Tie” has become a staple of Chinese companies looking to expand into foreign markets. Many Chinese executives feel, rightly or wrongly, that having a Western man (almost always a white American or Canadian) in a position of perceived power can do far more to legitimize the business in the eyes of foreign companies than anything else. Remember, the White Guy in a Tie does very little work and is often compensated handsomely. He’s just there because he’s white.