Warner Brothers will begin selling its movie as downloads in China in an attempt to stem piracy. From the LA Times: The studio struck a deal with Union Voole Technology in China to offer new movies, as well as those that have never been seen in Chinese theaters, at rental prices ranging from 60 cents to $1. [...]

Human Trafficking from China is the worst offender in Canada. From Canada.com: China, Romania, the Philippines and Moldova are the top four worst offenders in international human trafficking to Canada, according to the first national statistics on the extent of the crime in Canada. And the figure of 31 foreign nationals - four of them minor children - [...]

Computer users in China are upset at Microsoft for recent measures taken to curb piracy in the country. From the New York Times: The furor stemmed from an update to Windows XP Professional that Microsoft began offering users in China last week. The new version of WGA’s Notifications, the software that provides the messages and other on-screen [...]

South Africa will sell elephant ivory to China and Japan despite international concern. From the AP (via Google News): It said that more than 20,000 elephants a year are killed illegally in Africa and Asia for the ivory black market, with Chinese nationals implicated in illegal ivory seizures in more than 20 African nations. Five years ago, the [...]

The LA Times reports that the black market in China contributed to the milk scandal that rocked the country. From the LA Times: Milk contaminated with the industrial chemical melamine is blamed for killing four babies and sickening 54,000 others with kidney stones and other illnesses. The food safety crisis, China’s worst in decades, has also led [...]

Counterfeit computer chips from China are entering US Warplanes.  From BusinessWeek: The American military faces a growing threat of potentially fatal equipment failure—and even foreign espionage—because of counterfeit computer components used in warplanes, ships, and communication networks. Fake microchips flow from unruly bazaars in rural China to dubious kitchen-table brokers in the U.S. and into complex weapons. [...]

An Asian Elephant has completed rehab after becoming addicted to heroin giving by wildlife traders.  From the BBC: The four-year-old animal, called Xiguang, received methadone injections for a year at five times the human dosage, state media said. It was illegally captured by traders in 2005 in south-west China. When police arrested the traders and freed the elephant, it [...]

Microsoft has cut the price of its 2007 Office Suite in China for the next several weeks in an attempt to convert pirated users into legitimate consumers. From Reuters: Microsoft Corp has cut the selling price in China of one of its software products by over 70 percent to counter rampant piracy. It is the first special offer [...]

The European Union has posted a Fraud Official in China due to the high number of counterfeit cigarettes that are produced and distributed from the country.  From the AFP (via Google News): In recent years, the number of cigarettes on the EU black market which originate in China has grown significantly China is the world’s largest cigarette market [...]

China is facing another food scandal as tainted baby formula has killed a second baby.  From the New York Times: China’s Ministry of Health announced on Monday that a second baby had died in recent months and that 1,253 others had been sickened by contaminated milk powder in a widening food safety scandal that has exposed persistent [...]