
Chinese are aghast at the pathetically low quality of a recently unveiled Chinese anime movie which boasted a budget of some 12 million yuan, causing many to wonder just how their anime industry will ever catch up to those overseas.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Anime Figures, H, News
- Date: May 31, 2012 03:22 JST
- Tags: Copyright, Crime, Doujinshi, Ero-figures, Made in China, Mods, One Piece, PVC, Toei, Tokyo

A man has been arrested for selling nude figures of One Piece’s buxom pirate princess Nami, being charged with copyright infringement for not obtaining Toei’s permission to sell the racy items.
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The sight of students in a Chinese school hooked up to intravenous drips in order to better study on through the night has lately been drawing much attention to the remarkable quality of Chinese education.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: May 4, 2012 09:30 JST
- Tags: 3D CG, China, Copyright, Made in China, Music, Otaku, Plagiarism, Video Gallery, Vocaloid

Hatsune Miku fans are outraged at China’s latest “original” creation, a Chinese virtual idol whose looks and live performance bear an excruciating similarity to those of Miku herself.
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A plan to make a copy of the Titanic in China has been attracting considerable attention, combining as it does the hubris of the “Titanic” name and the manufacturing quality of China.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: International, News
- Date: Apr 23, 2012 14:01 JST
- Tags: Bizarre, China, Copyright, Crime, Fraud, Made in China, Marketing, Parody, Plagiarism

Far from being cracked down on, China’s fake brands actually seem to be getting more numerous – much to the despair of international brands and the general amusement of the Internet.
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The stupefying quality of Chinese innovation is once again the subject of appreciation online, this time in the form of the nation’s unique new approach to street sweeping.
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Even the Chinese are perturbed by how blatantly their fashion designers have been copying sexy lingerie designs from the likes of Victoria’s Secret, and then proudly having their knock-offs strut down the catwalk – although sadly nobody is particularly surprised by the development.
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Even the Chinese are aghast at their latest innovation – walnuts with tooth cracking cement fillings have apparently been recovered, the effort and cost of obtaining real nuts seemingly being greater than the trouble of making convincing fakes.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Anime Figures, H, News
- Date: Feb 15, 2012 22:43 JST
- Tags: Bizarre, China, Dolls, Dutch Wife, Guro, Image Gallery, Made in China, Zhejiang


Those whose sexual partners are generally of the inflatable or plastic variety have been fascinated to gain a glimpse of the place where they come into being – in China, naturally.
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A small child has reportedly fallen victim to China-quality coinage, with the currency exploding in his hands for reasons unknown.
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The explosive dangers of China have once again been amply illustrated by this widely circulated video of a manhole cover being blown skywards in a huge explosion, with an unfortunate man being sent flying by the force of the explosive gases released.
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