What´s Shanzhai?
What´s Shanzhai? There are many opinions on the internet. Generally speaking, you can say "pirate", "clone", "imitate", "copycat", etc.
It´s a kind of industry phenomena which is started by folk force.

The main characteritics of Shanzhai are imitation, speediness and popularization. It started from the little workshops and rapidly imitate famous brands, involved cellphone, game machine, etc, derivating "Shanzhai Cellphone", "Shanzhai Star", "Shanzhai Bird´s Nest" etc.




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