What is ’shanzhai?’ Literally it means ‘mountain village’ or ‘mountain stronghold’ by bandits that were outside of government control, and now it has been making headlines everywhere in China and was assigned a new explanation to knock-off products. A ’shanzhai’ version products refers to products outside of government regulations that are widely spreaded in the numerous fake and knockoff electronics or commodities made in China today. It can also refer to stuffs that are improvised or home-made and are generally rough in both design and function (English equivalent may be ‘ghetto’). Originally the term of ’shanzhai’ is  from knock-off mobile phone in Shenzhen, a southern city nearby Hongkong. Read More…