{"id":3293,"date":"2016-04-29T15:56:56","date_gmt":"2016-04-29T07:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/04\/29\/china-just-launched-a-blatant-rip-off-of-under-armour-called-uncle-martian\/"},"modified":"2016-04-29T15:56:56","modified_gmt":"2016-04-29T07:56:56","slug":"china-just-launched-a-blatant-rip-off-of-under-armour-called-uncle-martian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/04\/29\/china-just-launched-a-blatant-rip-off-of-under-armour-called-uncle-martian\/","title":{"rendered":"China just launched a blatant rip-off of Under Armour called Uncle Martian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"4oda2iz\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.0.mshcdn.com\/media\/ZgkyMDE2LzA0LzI5L2FmLzRPZEEyaVouNjAxODIucG5nCnAJdGh1bWIJNTc1eDMyMyMKZQlqcGc\/860b070b\/954\/4OdA2iZ.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;width: 50px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?via=Mashable&amp;text=China+just+launched+a+blatant+rip-off+of+Under+Armour+called+Uncle+Martian&amp;src=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F04%2F29%2Funcle-martian-under-armour%2F\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-tw\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-tw-f7c0a094d16b7ee7c91a1e50839a8e00.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F04%2F29%2Funcle-martian-under-armour%2F&amp;src=sp\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-fb\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-fb-c0a21e8841794479b8086c32c6f24ba1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>No, you&#8217;re not seeing things.\u00a0<span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">China&#8217;s newest sportswear brand, Uncle Martian,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">is a bold rip-off of American brand Under Armour.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">The brand was announced this week, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.weibo.com\/unclemartian?refer_flag=1001030103_&amp;is_hot=1\">its Weibo account<\/a>\u00a0just set up on Friday morning.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.0.mshcdn.com\/media\/ZglkZWZhdWx0LW0uanBnCnAJdGh1bWIJNTc1eDQwOTY-\/e824f7cd\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Image:  mashable composite\/under armour and uncle martian&#8217;s social accounts<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div>\n<p>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/04\/18\/china-photography\/\">Growth and progress in China documented with eye-opening photo series<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">The company behind Uncle Martian is a\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">25-year-old sports shoe manufacturer,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">Tingfei Long Sporting Goods Co. (\u5ef7\u98de\u9f99\u4f53\u80b2\u7528\u54c1\u6709\u9650\u516c\u53f8). According to its <a href=\"http:\/\/ccn.mofcom.gov.cn\/1062809\">government records<\/a>, it has some 800 employees and is based in\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">southern China&#8217;s Fujian province.<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/04\/29\/uncle-martian-under-armour\/\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>More about <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/uncle-martian\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Uncle Martian<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/china\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">China<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/under-armour\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Under Armour<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/sports-equipment\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Sports Equipment<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/copyright\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Copyright<\/a><br \/>\n<a href='http:\/\/ad.doubleclick.net\/jump\/mash.to\/rss;pos=atf;tag=ad;mtype=standard;type=rss;sz=300x250;ord=1461909582' target='_blank'><br \/>\n<img src='http:\/\/ad.doubleclick.net\/ad\/mash.to\/rss;pos=atf;tag=ad;mtype=standard;type=rss;sz=300x250;ord=1461909582'><br \/>\n<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Mashable\/~4\/QqATbtC15vs\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No, you&#8217;re not seeing things.\u00a0China&#8217;s newest sportswear brand, Uncle Martian,\u00a0is a bold rip-off of American brand Under Armour. The brand was announced this week, and its Weibo account\u00a0just set up on Friday morning. Image: mashable composite\/under armour and uncle martian&#8217;s &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/04\/29\/china-just-launched-a-blatant-rip-off-of-under-armour-called-uncle-martian\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":115,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/115"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3293"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3293\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}