Picture of the Day: Spot the Fake

I looked down and thought something looks fishy about this shoe...

This trip to Beijing I didn't have time to hit Silk Street in Yonganli... but the last time I went, which was last spring, I was hard pressed to find anything interesting to buy there, as the fake-branded clothing there is just too obvious or not appealing.

Even bona fide shops like the one that sold Mongolian cashmere had the exact same sweaters for sale -- from 10 years ago. Do they really not have any new designs? Or are they still trying to get rid of stock from a decade ago?

And while this time I was people watching on the streets there were the odd funny T-shirts, I was quite surprised to see this man wearing a funny-looking shoe.

Many young Chinese are wearing sneakers, many of them Nike, Adidas, or New Balance.

I was rushing to Wudaokou to meet a friend, but the interchange between line 2 and line 13 was very long and involved going up an escalator.

The guy in front of me had what looked like a New Balance sneaker, but on closer inspection, the "N" was backwards on the left shoe!

It was a reminder that yes, everything can be faked...