It's fair to say that China has a slight problem with piracy of, well, just about everything. From jeans to DVDs, CDs to iPod look-a-like MP3 players, you want it, you can usually get it. Box-sets of favourite US/ UK TV series for Y10 a disc? No problem, mister! High-quality copies of the latest DVD releases? Y20 a disc for DVD9 (high-capacity discs).
The thing is, some of the copies are so well packaged that - abundant misspellings aside ('Episode Tow', anyone?) - it is sometimes hard to tell what's copied and what is not. Even official government hologram stickers, supposed to indicate a genuine DVD or CD, are faked.
So when I bought this version of Bob Dylan's (excellent) new album 'Modern Times', I was kind of perplexed. It came in a faux-pine case with laminated full-colour outer sleeve, a lyrics booklet, the official-looking hologram... and a second CD of Bob's greatest hits. The pack was only Y20 (£1.30) - but genuine DVDs here are only about Y25 to Y30 (up to £2). Even the fact that it's marked as a 'SUPER-COOING EXETENDED RESOLUTION CD' isn't enough to make me suspicious, because mistranslations are rife in China.
...dunno... what do you reckon? If it's for real then all I have to say is, 'Bargain!'
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