It's hard to understand why Aliexpress is popular. It's a baffling, unfriendly website that makes it hard to find anything.
Often the same things on ebay are much cheaper on Aliexpress, also there's a lot more stuff on there. Dhgate is the place to go if you want branded knock off stuff, Aliexpress has got 'better' with taken down listings for fakes.
It's definitely being policed more rigorously in China. The knock off malls I go to in Shenzhen and Shanghai don't have stuff on display as flagrantly these days. You only have to ask mind.
Often the same things on ebay are much cheaper on Aliexpress, also there's a lot more stuff on there. Dhgate is the place to go if you want branded knock off stuff, Aliexpress has got 'better' with taken down listings for fakes.