Technology | China 5 Fake Apple Stores Outed in Single Chinese City Two shops suspended during investigation By Matt Cantor Posted Jul 25, 2011 8:37 AM CDT Copied A man walks past windows of a shop masquerading as a bona fide Apple store in downtown Kunming, in southwest China's Yunnan province, July 21, 2011. (AP Photo) After an American blogger’s discovery of three fake Apple stores in a Chinese city, officials took action—and they uncovered 5 such stores in Kunming, the AP reports. Two of the stores have been suspended during the investigation, but officials couldn’t shut down the other three because they weren’t actually selling fake Apple products. City trade officials examined 300 electronics stores as part of the investigation. Read These Next A government shutdown could mean permanent layoffs. FCC chief gets crushed by cat litter in new South Park. Retirement savings catch-up plans are about to change. James Comey says go ahead, bring on his trial. Report an error