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title: "Awe-inspiring.  Americans need to step up their game. "But one week…"
date: 2016-10-17
source: facebook
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# Awe-inspiring.  Americans need to step up their game. "But one week…

*October 17, 2016 · Facebook*

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[http://qz.com/771727/chinas-factories-in-shenzhen-can-copy-products-at-breakneck-speed-and-its-time-for-the-rest-of-the-world-to-get-over-it/](http://qz.com/771727/chinas-factories-in-shenzhen-can-copy-products-at-breakneck-speed-and-its-time-for-the-rest-of-the-world-to-get-over-it/){target="_blank"}
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Awe-inspiring. Americans need to step up their game.\
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\"But one week after his product hit Kickstarter in December 2015, Sherman was shocked to see it for sale on AliExpress---Alibaba's English-language wholesale site. Vendors across China were selling identical smartphone case selfie-sticks, using the same design Sherman came up with himself. Some of them were selling for as low as \$10 a piece, well below Sherman's expected retail price of £39 (\$47.41). \"
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