China's market and counterfeits

China is the world's largest cell phone market. And growing. So that's why counterfeit, or shanzhai, phones are causing a stir. Hi-Phone's can be made or $20 and shipped all across the world. You can expect that Nokia, Motorola and Apple would be complaining to the Chinese government, but the biggest impact may come from China's own cellphone makers.

Not much will change with the counterfeiters until China's own businesses feel the pinch and demand patent laws and the government to protect their intellectual property.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/28/technology/28cell.html