By Carlye Adler Qiandaohu Monday, Nov. 17, 2003 It’s lunchtime in Qiandaohu, a tiny fishing and tourist town deep in China’s coastal Zhejiang province. While visitors are off exploring the famous local lake and its 1,000 green islands, residents hang …

By Carlye Adler Monday, May 31, 2004 Let’s admit it: many of us have congratulated ourselves, if a bit guiltily, for buying a counterfeit branded handbag or DVD, pleased to have paid so little for something that was almost as …