E-commerce powerhouse Alibaba said big data technologies have helped it detect more than 61,000 individuals or groups suspected of operating shops that sell counterfeit goods on Taobao, its online shopping portal. In addition, it has detected 1,640 factories that produce fake goods and supply them to online dealers, Zheng Junfang, Alibaba's chief platform governance officer, said at a media briefing on Wednesday. These findings were based on the investigating, or digging, of more than 180,000 stores on Taobao, which were found by Alibaba to have sold counterfeit items. These stores were closed from March last year to February. The people who control such online shops and benefit from selling counterfeits are not usually the people who register as being responsible for the shops. They use other people's ID to hide their real identities, but big data technologies have allowed us to detect and locate them, Zheng said. A map of controllers showed that they are mainly concentrated in areas along the east coast of the Chinese mainland. The number of controllers in the provinces of Guangdong, Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Shandong - the top five provincial-level regions with the largest number of such manipulators - accounted for nearly two-thirds of the country's total. The location of these behind-the-scene big bosses was highly related to industrial clusters in different regions. For example, most of those detected in Guangdong were bosses of online stores selling watches. Similarly, it was shoes in Fujian, women's clothes in Zhejiang, and purses and suitcases in Shandong, Zheng said. Alibaba's findings matched the findings of police investigations into the selling of fake goods, according to Ye Zhifei, chief of Alibaba's IP center. Last year, police in Putian, Fujian, cracked seven cases involving the production of more than 15,000 counterfeit shoes and more than 20 million yuan ($2.94 million) with the assistance of our technological support, Ye said. In the past two years, Alibaba has joined hands with police in several provinces to launch campaigns using big data and offline actions to stamp out fake goods. We'll try our best to block vendors with bad reputations from re-entering our shopping portal, no matter how they disguise their identities, Zheng said. Alibaba has been taking action to bolster its credibility after a number of international brands, including Gucci and Hermes, voiced concerns about counterfeit goods on its shopping portal and had it suspended from the International AntiCounterfeiting Coalition, a nonprofit organization, in May last year. custom rubber wristbandscustom made rubber braceletsband wristbandscustomise fidget spinnercheap silicone wristbandsmotivational wristbands for athletes
CHINA DAILY Lan Honglin, head of the Lan Family Association in Zhangpu, Fujian Compiling genealogies and building ancestral temples are Chinese traditions. They connect people who have the same family roots and promote their sense of belonging. Genealogies, or family trees, are the best resources for discovering family histories, because they can answer the philosophical question of where we come from. To some extent, genealogies are like identity cards for families. They contain excellent information, including the names and deeds of each generation. One significant practical function of genealogies is to help those who have moved away from their hometowns to trace their roots. Every family establishes a temple where their ancestors are enshrined and worshipped. Traditionally, when a family member dies, a tablet that embodies his or her spirit is made and placed in the temple Most people in Zhangpu village, Nantou, Taiwan, have the Lan surname. Their ancestors were soldiers from Zhangpu, a county in Zhangzhou, Fujian province. During the Qing Dynasty (1644 - 1911), three generals - all members of the Lan family in Zhangpu - were sent by emperors successively to suppress rebellions on Taiwan. Most of the soldiers who accompanied the generals were also members of the Lan family. When the fighting ended, many stayed on the island because the land was fertile but the population was small. About 56,000 people on Taiwan are descendants of the original Lan family. They are proud of their family histories and help each other. In the 1980s, they started returning to Zhangpu and the ancestral temple. They bring their genealogies and ancestral tablets so they understand which generation they are. No matter what job they do, whether they are rich or poor, successful or not, when they visit the temple they all kneel and pray before their ancestors and they recite the family maxims that have been passed down for centuries. Lan Honglin spoke with Zhang Yi.
