The Fake markets in Beijing have changed.

In this Beijing Vlog, I am out looking at the fake markets in Beijing, the Pearl Market and Silk Street Market.
In China, things move fast, change and develop quickly. Welcome back to Beijing, it has changed... for better or for worse?

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[ForAllLifesAdventures]

Apologies about the sound on this, it might be low at a couple of spots when I am speaking... 😬 Lesson Learned!!

[zjcffqe]

That mall is huge but amazingly tidy and clean everywhere. Nice video.

[seechunchong]

Very nice video as usual, Ian. Awesome song at the end. Woh....Cheers from Malaysia

[MrDavidc]

Thanks for visiting these 2 places. The Panjianyuan market looks more interesting, than these 2 examples which just look like normal shopping malls, less interesting and expensive not many shoppers about. I don't expect to buy genuine antiques, but if I can get some ornaments that look well designed, knowingly fake, under 100 yuan, I would buy. I bought a metal figure of Bhudda the other day for 50 yuan, down from 140, but one lady wanted 300 for a vase smaller than a teacup, so left it, although I liked the design.

[giliguluedinburgh]

It looks more like a higher end shopping mall than a market for people to come and haggle.

By the way, they are starting to do direct flights from Edinburgh to Beijing this summer.

[hz]

Thanks for the walk down memory lane. I visited this market in 2006 and recall way more shoppers and excitement. Times have changed for the worst perhaps?🤔 Certainly lost the old vibe that made this mall unique among others.

[hughreed]

Hi like yourself Im from Glasgow -I think it's a world wide thing remember Paddy's Market? - closed down and the Barras isn't what it used to be.

[hokeatseng]

🤠🤓🤓🤓I was disappointed when both shown up....the glass lens and the glass cleaner😂 anyway both is doing a a Great Job for the world💯✍️

[PeterXiao]

Probably people get bargains online at Taobao.

[姜磊-nh]

Couple decades ago foreigners going to Beijing would visit the Xiushui Rd market, and Xiangyang Rd market in Shanghai. The stuffs sold there were called "A grade commodities". That suggests there were also B grade, C grade etc. For the A grade basically same quality and indistinguishable from the real ones. You pay like half the price or even less. For many I think it's just a kind of fun and experience.

Personally I'm not a fan of such practice and certainly not proud of it as Chinese. But I guess it always has its place in a certain period of development. Another famous place for cheaper and poorer yet acceptable quality stuff is Yiwu, Zhejiang. They're very rich today and have mostly departed from the counterfeit industry. When economy keeps growing, there will always be a time people find it necessary to respect and protect IP of their own. In the past decade I found quite a few Chinese companies selling products in their own original design with top notch quality. That said, I think IP is certainly abused by the other side as well. There is a documentary "The Patent Scam" showing how extreme it could get.

The right place I think, should be somewhere in the middle. IP laws can define the rules of market and offer some degree of protection for R&D and investment while not building too high a barrier to strangle innovation. Fair competition and market disruptors should be allowed and welcomed.

[JustaBritinChina]

Another great video mate. I was shocked how those markets have cleaned up, and died.
I'm sure the market traders have moved to cheaper premises a little less central, and there are still places where you can buy dodgy cheap gear.
Of course plenty of people went bust in the pandemic, and where I am, new stores are popping up here and there as people get back on their feet. There are still plenty of closed units, and we've had a couple of big chain supermarkets close down.

Sorry about your problem with the p#les. You'll have to sit on that one, lol.
Thanks again.

[medialcanthus]

I was so happy to see the cloisonné shop. There is the cobalt blue and pink rose container as well as the white n pink next-next on the right . exactly the ones gifted by a Chinese friend. I screenshot n clipped that part of your video n favourited it. ❤

[Johan-rgvo]

Just back from beijing, silk market was dead, sad to see, used to be class. Now everyone buys replica online

[kaiki]

A friend of mine went to Thailand recently.
He noticed all the Chinese tourist going to shop at the "REAL" branded shops.
While the western tourist went to the fake market.😂😂😂
Not a fan of shopping but the shopping centre looks spick and span

[john]

Wow! My wife and I bought a lot of stuff from the Silk street market. Couple years ago it was filled with people. Your right, how times have changed.

[adtvnz]

I’ve just come back from Beijing recently, with my last time going being back in 2018, silk market was depressing this time and nothing like pre covid, store staff said there’s been more policies around selling fakes so it’s a lot harder to find them now. Can still find sellers trying to clear out their fakes in other markets like BaiRong but yeah, not the same

[johnsamu]

It's the sign of the times, the global economy is headed towards a major contraction and the Chinese economy will also feel the consequences just like all countries in the world.
People are more careful with their money which is a bad thing for traders and shops, this is also a global phenomenom.
There already is and there will be an even greater devaluation of the US dollar aka inflation which will also impact the euro in Europe and will also have consequences for the RMB because all global currencies are tied together in one way or another.
It is also telling that it's getting increasingly hard to find real fake products in China, however it's still possible to find some by foreign brand "inspired" products.😉😉

[lashikabhareti]

Are temple of heaven, pearl market and silk street in walking distance?

[beninchina]

The ones in Shanghai have closed down!

[tergelkh]

Hi what markets would you recommend for cheap products like clothings and souvenirs in Beijing?