It's not surprising that the countries that manufacture the most consumer goods would be the same countries that bootleg those same consumer goods.

I build electronics and I used to shop around for the best deals and get parts from China but I have been burned too many times. The parts are cheap, so it's not about the money, it's about the blue smoke! Fuckers.

As a rule, I don't buy from China unless I have to. Which is unfortunate because I would like to support LEGIT dealers from China, but it's just too much of a pain in the ass to vett(sp?) these guys anymore. The only Chinese parts I get now are from reputable distributors like DigiKey. They have the time and money to figure out what's real and what's not.