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More Silk Street shops shut down

Seven more merchants of the capital's Silk Street Market, well known as a place to pick up cheap designer knock-offs, were ordered to shut shop for a week starting Sunday after they were found selling fake goods. Market investigations by IntellecPro,... ...full story at People's Daily

from People's Daily on Tue, Feb 10 2009

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