Appooppanthaadi -34

A latest model iPhone may cost just 400 to 500 Yuans in China (1 yuan = Rs 7 approx). The Chinese iPhone has every features or even more than what the Apple offers. It looks cuter than the original one. The original one costs around 5000 Yuans. At one look, no one can differentiate between the original and the duplicate.

Electronic products China offer are amazing pieces of technology. They are masters in it. From mobile phones to remote controlled toy helicopters to tablet PCs, all are available in abundance at unimaginably low cost. The features these gadgets contain can place them second to none. Especially in the case of mobile phones, even the best of the brands cannot match the Chinese ones. A China mobile with all the latest features can be bought at a throwaway price like two or three thousand rupees. Let us not discuss the longevity of the products here.

Every city has big electronic markets. In Tianjin city ,our major time pass on week ends was to roam around in these markets. Any kind of electronic goods that always kept abreast with the latest technology were available there. The most attractive gadget that lured all of us at that time was MP3 players.


Normally electronic market in a city is big multi storeyed buildings located close to each other. There will be small shops all over that are 'manned' mostly by young girls. Visiting Indians cannot stop wondering what the men in China are upto. Wherever we go, we see women all around. Shop keepers and shoppers are women. They look to be smarter and faster than their counterparts. Good omen however...

Four years down the line, in the electonic markets in Harbin city, Tablet PCs are sold like MP3 players. They have virtually reached the 4G mode even as we Indians are talking about 2G and its murky deals. Still 3G facilitie are not so comon in our country at an affordable price. I too bought one tablet PC that costed me 470 Yuans. It is really a worderful thing to behold


There is a big toy market in Harbin. Every toy, remote controlled as well as normal hand pushed one, is filled up in the shelves of every shop. The imaginations they put into these toys are really mind blowing. Children will simply be blown over by the sea of play things they may come across in the toy market here. They can never make up their minds as to what to choose...I did not buy anything this time, for, I was sure that the same products are available in Pondy Bazar, Chennai at a much lesser price.

In fact the Chinese made electronic goods are so simple with their imaginations.  Their products made inroads into every nook and corner of the world. No doubt, the price is the most attractive factor in these products. Despit the negative campaign doing the rounds all over, Chinese products sustain in the market and doing extremely well. No one can stop buying Chinese goods any more. Interestingly, Chinese goods available in India are cheaper than they are in China.




The Chinese are very careful while accepting 100 Yuan currency notes. Everyone checks very diligently before accepting currency notes, especially of denomination 100. Most of the shops, even the small provision shops keep fake note detector. Each time they receive a 100 yuan note, they pass it through this machine. After creating so many duplicates that transcend the originals, they lost confidence even in their money!