MINYANVILLE ORIGINAL Owning an iPhone is a wildly popular status symbol for urban youth in China. Since Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) began selling its products through third parties in China -- and even more so since the country’s first Apple Store opened in Beijing in June 2008 -- the company’s popularity has skyrocketed amongst middle-class and upper-class Chinese able to afford its products. Of course those unable to afford Apple products want a piece of the action as well so fakes and counterfeits have followed. In 2011 an American blogger named Jessica Angelson reported on her blog BirdAbroad (now known as This Woman's ...