No more faking it here


Making sure it’s real: Officials teaching citizens how to identify fake fire extinguishers during an awareness programme on consumer rights in Dachang Hui Autonomous County, Hebei province. — Xinhua

THERE is a joke which I came across many years ago of a Chinese man who upon being fired by his company, decided to start his own business.

He took out all his savings to buy some electrical appliances but the products turned out to be fake. His business failed and he lost all the money.

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