China aims to change its image as counterfeit producing nation
China is working hard to get rid of its image a a counterfeit and piracy haven in the eyes of the world community.
After its successful Olympics, the nation of 1.3 billion people is beginning to stamp out counterfeit producers and sellers and to be known as a legitimate manufacturing center.
China is becoming a bit less of a counterfeiters’ paradise.
“Obviously there’s a ways to go, but I think there’s been a vast improvement,” said Lee Sands, a former chief U.S. trade negotiator with China. “It’s very clear that there was a change in the mentality of the government.”
Leaning against piracy fits in with China’s desire to cast off its image of a country where exploited workers toil for a pittance in Dickensian factories that turn the air and water black with the pollution they discharge.
In the government’s vision, “Made in China” should not stand for knock-off DVDs and artificial Christmas trees but for clean, creative, cutting-edge industries. After all, this is the country that dazzled the world with its Olympic stadiums and is preparing for its first space walk next week.
