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From Wired UK, via Matador and BirdAbroad’s blog:
A US blogger living in Kunming in Southwest China noticed what appeared to be an Apple store pop up in her town, complete with the store’s trademark spacious, airy interior, blue-shirted staff, products to play with, and upstairs seating area.
“We proceeded to place a bet on whether or not this was a genuine Apple store or just the best rip-off we had ever seen,” said the blogger, who hasn’t disclosed her identity but goes under the pseudonym BirdAbroad. It turned out to be the latter
And to take it to the next level:
…the staff believed they genuinely were working for Apple.
I sincerely hope that a middle-aged Chinese guy in a black turtleneck and jeans shows up every once in a while to announce a revolutionary new knock-off product.