"You know, things in China could be horribly expensive nowadays," the professor of hepatology said, "I tried to buy some Pu-erh (普洱) tea leaves at Lijiang (麗江), but, when I looked at the price - they're just not meant for us poor Hong Kong tourist!"
"But, the real problem is, even if you are willing to pay for that astronomical price, it doesn't guarantee that the stuff you get is genuine - the bare-foot scientists of our home country could fake anything and everything," one of us said.
"Alas, don't look down upon the scientists of our great country," I smiled, "Their skill is superb - just that they need a better marketing skill.'
"What do you mean?" LS was curious.
"Let's take our famous fake eggs as an example," I explained, "If you sell it as genuine eggs, people will soon find it's nothing more than a coagulation of gelatin and other chemicals. But, if you are honest with your invention - or if you are histrionic enough - you would come out and tell your customers you are making a new generation of healthy eggs: It looks 90% like the real one, but is more healthy, for it has no fat or cholesterol - oh, it may not have any calorie as well."
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