At least 12,000 bears are kept on bile farms in China
Cathryn Atkinson, “Bear Detecttion Kits tested against smuggling,” The Globe and Mail, July 6, 2007.
Child labor ring in China broken up
Children between the ages of 13 to 15 were rescued in China after authorities found then working in factories after they were kidnapped and forced to work.
From the International Herald Tribune:
China said Wednesday that it was investigating whether hundreds or perhaps thousands of children from poor areas in the southwest part of the country had [...]
China and Russia flood world market with fake goods
The Untied States Trade Representive is accusing China and Russia of flooding the global marketplace with counterfeit and pirated goods
From AFP:
The United States on Friday named China and Russia as among the worst protectors of intellectual property rights, flooding global trade with counterfeit items such as DVDs, designer bags, medicines and software.
In an annual report [...]
$2.2 billion lost in business to piracy in China in 2006
The US content industry (movie, music, software and book industries) has estimated that its companies had lost $2.2 billion in potential business in China due to piracy in 2006.
81 percent of fake goods seized in US produced in China
In the United States, 81 percent of counterfeit goods seized by the Custom Department in Fiscal Year 2006 was produced in China.
Source: Associated Press, ” Counterfeit consumer goods could present health and safety risks,” Cleveland Plain Dealer, January 12, 2007.
80 percent of all articles seized by European Union custom agents in 2006 originated from China
Source: European Union, “2006 customs seizures of counterfeit goods - Frequently Asked Questions,” Press Release, May 31, 2007, (accessed: June 18, 2007).
Sales of counterfeit goods in China exceed $16 billion
According to the Quality Brands Protection Committee in China, sales of counterfeit goods in China exceed $16 billion.
Source: “Sporting Goods Market in China,” U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration, September 20, 2005, http://buyusainfo.net/docs/x_3734998.pdf (accessed: July 10, 2006).
3 to 5 million people are estimated to be working in China’s Counterfeit Industry
Source: Jamie Miyazaki, “Faking it Gucci Style”,Asia Times Online, February 6, 2004, (accessed: January 16, 2006).
99 percent of digital music tracks in China are pirated
Source: IFPI, “IFPI Digital Music Report-2008,” January 24, 2008, pg. 18,(accessed: January 28, 2008).
70 percent of China’s internet bandwidth is used for the transfer of pirated movies and films
Source: “Special Report: China and the internet: The party, the people, and the power of cyber-talk” , The Economist, April 29, 2006, pg. 30.
