
Square Enix has revealed that it will likely be outsourcing all its future big releases rather than developing them itself, suggesting forthcoming Final Fantasy titles may bear the reassuring seal of China quality even more strongly than before.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: International, News
- Date: Jun 27, 2012 04:08 JST
- Tags: Bizarre, China, Dutch Wife, Food, Guro, Made in China, Onanism, Parody, Video Gallery



China’s newly discovered mysterious mushroom, that most rare and expensive of delicacies, has already been incorporated into the nation’s famed cuisine in the form of a dish which may be a bit much even for Chinese gourmands – or at least those who have worked out the secret of its prime ingredient, at any rate…
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A man has had his fingers blown off by an exploding “China” brand cigarette, providing the latest evidence of the explosive growth in Chinese product quality.
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Citizens of China’s southern city of Guilin were understandably flabbergasted at China Telecom’s unique approach to repairing a broken telephone pole – using tape.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: Jun 13, 2012 19:49 JST
- Tags: Comparison, Copyright, Made in China, Plagiarism, PSP, Retro, Sony, Technology, Thailand


The release of the PS Vista, incorporating the latest in made in China technology and China’s unique approach to honouring intellectual property, has actually been greeted with a surprising amount of enthusiasm.
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China’s billion dollar “pirated” copy of the Austrian village of Hallstatt has finally opened, much to the annoyance of the inhabitants of the original, who still complain the Chinese copied their village in secret and never bothered to ask for permission.
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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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