Tell us more. What is your system? There is a place to put photos and ID your components under your UserID. What experience do you have with which other cables?
‘A couple years ago someone started a thread on fake Nordost Odin 2 interconnects. Well, I happen to have had a set of real Odin 2 interconnects at the time. So, not to encourage companies to sell fake stuff, but to be able to speak with understanding on the subject I bought a pair from AliExpress. Then I did a comparison after running them in for a couple weeks on my break in system. They were not even a close second. Not in the same ballpark.
By the way most of my permanent interconnects are Gen 6 Transparent… which are simply stunning for the price.
In addition I have seen several videos of folks that have dismantled fake interconnects revealing silver coating / paint to make copper look like silver etc.
So, I did one serious analysis of a fake. The result is as expected. I don’t want to buy any more encouraging this unethical practice.
I also worked on mainland China for a couple of decades, often with contract manufactures. Some of them do a run for a US company, then keep going. But this is unlikely to ever happen with high end interconnects, because I don’t know of any that are made there and if they did they would prevent it. It happens with cheap goods where the parent company does not protect their intellectual property. I assure you that fake iPhones are not manufactured in China. Apple protects their IP.
It is easy to operate in China and not loose IP or have fakes made, be a competent business man, and have someone present there to prevent it.
Mainland China does not have patent laws that outsiders can use after the fact to prosecute Chinese companies. This should never be a formula for any company to protect their intellectual property. If you do, this is just plain lazy.