Word: counterfeited
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...China, practically every step in life requires documentation, preferably in triplicate, which is unsurprising in the land that invented both paper and the world's first bureaucracy. Now that obsession has become a market: ingenious entrepreneurs are turning China's reverence for official scraps of paper into a bustling counterfeit business. The document trade is busiest in the cities, where millions of migrants need laminated proof to help achieve their outsized aspirations. After stepping off the train, the first thing most newcomers pick up is a phony ID that enables them to safely reside in boomtowns like Shanghai and Shenzhen...
...narrow bridge spanning a stinking, black canal?the first whiff of something rotten in the air?and steps directly into a city overeager to offer its wares. The first building to confront new arrivals is a six-storied, mirrored monument to China's status as the world's counterfeit capital. Shops display perfect replicas of Armani suits, Gucci handbags, Nike trainers, Rolex watches, Cartier jewelry, as well as racks of pirated videos and discs. Outside, televisions air graphic advertisements for clinics offering breast enlargements and other cosmetic surgeries. Dr. Cao Mengjun says his Fuhua Plastic and Aesthetic Hospital sees more...
...summit in Quebec--tear gas and rioters--was as much a reminder as those posters that trade has become an electric issue. Some of the points are legit: signing a country like Brazil to a trade pact could make it harder for Brazilians living with AIDS to get cheap counterfeit drugs. But there is also blind fury from parts of the world where trade is seen as a tool of imperialism, not modernization. It may be even harder to undo that perception than it is to ink agreements on trade. Unfortunately, for Zoellick, it's a top priority...
...This counterfeit Hamlet is further strengthened by Funke’s additions and changes, making it interesting to see what would happen next. His coup de grace was definitely an altered version of the scene where Claudius is praying and confessing his sins and Hamlet is trying to decide whether to kill him then or wait. In Funke’s adaptation, both Horatio and Claudius are praying, confessing to similar sins. Though the text is very close to Shakespeare’s, Horatio and Claudius alternate lines and occasionally speak at the same time. The effect is both interesting...
...often risky to attempt to change and alter a famous piece of literary work, especially Shakespeare’s, and the results are hit or miss. But if taking risks will result in plays like A Counterfeit Presentment then one can only hope that more people will take the chance...