Shanzhai: the Chinese Copycats, Robin Hood-style

Obama’s Fried Chicken: the chain you didn’t know you wanted.

If you want to truly learn something about Chinese people, study their language.

In fact, studying Chinese language explains a great deal of the non-sayings about their culture. Anyone studying in China is a Xuesheng, which means student, in which the first ideogram, xue, means “to learn”. The same ideogram however also means “to imitate”, because if you think about it the…