I remember about 10 years ago , walked into a big department store type building in Shanghai- several levels of tightly packed shops selling all sorts of things. Somewhat like old Palika Bazar in Delhi.
I asked to buy a Samsung - the guy shows me three different Samsungs of same model each about $35 !!! My local colleague explained these are Samsung for all practical purposes - may even be same parts as in original Samsungs except the Samsung company just isn’t involved . Some party official with enough clout starts an assembly plant and just ‘uses’ Samsung name, parts , sources, designs , even packaging !