China’s “Shanzhai Culture”

China’s “Shanzhai Culture”
Jan 19, 2009 03:27
GLOOMYSUNDAY Points: Join Date: Jul 23, 2008 Status: offline	hanzhai ( 山寨), which literally means “ mountain village”, was used to refer to the bandit strongholds beyond government control, said Malcolm in his blog in Telegraph. Now it has become a hot term and has been applied to anything that is fake or that has been modified into something flashy but not practical. Chinese name such kind of counterfeit stuff as “ Shangzhai culture”. It is raging in China. Almost everything is being shanzhai-ed in China. A Chinese millionaire has spent $10 million to build a Shanzhai White House near Hangzhou.

Jan 19, 2009 03:27

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hanzhai ( 山寨), which literally means “ mountain village”, was used to refer to the bandit strongholds beyond government control, said Malcolm in his blog in Telegraph.

Now it has become a hot term and has been applied to anything that is fake or that has been modified into something flashy but not practical. Chinese name such kind of counterfeit stuff as “ Shangzhai culture”. It is raging in China. Almost everything is being shanzhai-ed in China. A Chinese millionaire has spent $10 million to build a Shanzhai White House near Hangzhou.

Jan 19, 2009 03:30	#1
GLOOMYSUNDAY Points: Join Date: Jul 23, 2008 Status: Offline	The Mengshi (Warrior) Off-Road military vehicle, built by the state-owned Dongfeng Motor company: If it reminds you of a Humvee, that’s because Dongfeng openly admits it was “based on” the Humvee with “some minor modifications”.

Jan 19, 2009 03:33	#2
GLOOMYSUNDAY Points: Join Date: Jul 23, 2008 Status: Offline	A van that has been modified into a train.

Jan 19, 2009 18:31	#3
MARRIE Points: Join Date: Jan 7, 2008 Status: Offline	Shan Zhai Culture will be covering communication tech. It's said wireless phones and notepads of "ShanZhai Edition"will be populized in remost areas in China soon. The pic called Obama of Chinese Shan Zhai Edition could be from British journalist's joke.

Jan 19, 2009 19:47	#4
LEONARDO Points: Join Date: May 21, 2007 Status: Offline	It seems that everything can be Shanzhai-ed. On the internet, the pictures about the Shanzhai editions of "the stuff and people" are spreading everywhere.

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