Fake Fruit
March 20th, 2009
Sachi and I saw several stores that bore prominent Apple logos. None were official Apple Stores (do they even have any in Shanghai?) but Apple gear apparently has a bit of a reputation here.
Of course, much of the “Apple” gear you see here is fake, like so many of the bags and watches that are sold. This display was in the Yuyuan shopping area; some of the fakes were very good, but some were less convincing.
I think they have to work on getting the Apple packaging style down, however. I don’t think many would be fooled by this:
In answer to your question — no there are no official Apple Stores in Shanghai. They are in Taiwan and Hong Kong, but none in the PRC.