A staff member taking down a product poster on July 21, 2011, in a shop in the Yunnan provincial city of Kunming, which disguises itself as a bona fide Apple store, by copying everything from the genuine shop’s logo, decor down to the uniform and identification tags. Photo: SCMP/Simon Song
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A staff member taking down a product poster on July 21, 2011, in a shop in the Yunnan provincial city of Kunming, which disguises itself as a bona fide Apple store, by copying everything from the genuine shop’s logo, decor down to the uniform and identification tags. Photo: SCMP/Simon Song