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...Kong's total retail trade.) But once inside this looking- glass world, nothing is quite the genuine article. The Louis Vuitton bags are made in Guangdong; many of the impressive skyscrapers are empty; the women are lovely, but that beauty might have been bought from Shenzhen's army of plastic surgeons. Even the money, Shenzhen's raison d'etre, is suspect: local buses alone collect $160,000 in fake coins every year. Shenzhen has all the license, 24-hour fun and behind-the-set tragedy of the world's worst border towns?albeit one with skyscrapers and a blizzard...
...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 than 2,000 people a year, half from Hong Kong. Cao is the inventor of "Amazing Gel," a filling agent injected straight into the body, and he offers everything from freckle-removal and teeth-whitening to "maidenhead recovery." Shenzhen's health authorities list eye-widening...
Fantastic Plastic Machine...
...three-second long Track 1 contains no music but only the exclamation, “I am beautiful!” Unfortunately, the beauty of Fantastic Plastic Machine’s latest album is only skin deep. Its easy listening quality is too gentle for the modern club scene and too upbeat for the elevator. It serves as good background music, because in the long run, it is fluffy and forgettable. —Andrew D. Goulet?...
...Another officer punched him in the arm and retorted, “We found nothing else in his room. We’ll find him. That’s our job.” Later, when the first officer was cornered and prodded for information, he handed us a plastic bag with a crinkled piece of paper in it. “This was underneath his bed. They don’t want anyone to see it. But I think it’s important. Just don’t say I gave...