Author Archives: maya

Fanning the flames of interracial romance

Posted on 2007-05-23 by maya

Qingniao Photos ad, south of Lama Temple in Beijing Attention laowai men! If you’ve got a Chinese girlfriend, Qingniao Photos has the secret to your domestic bliss: get that girl a set of wedding photos. China’s craze for wedding photos … Continue reading →

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Software piracy plummets to inconceivably low rate

Posted on 2007-05-18 by maya

He wants booty. For once, everyone agrees that China is making strides in protecting intellectual property. The Business Software Alliance (BSA) just released a study showing that software piracy in China has dropped 10% since 2003. And China’s State Intellectual … Continue reading →

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Equality for foreign periodicals, but there’s a GAPP

Posted on 2007-05-16 by maya

Liu Binjie, the man from G.A.P.P. As mentioned earlier on Danwei, the International Federation for Periodical Press (FIPP) just concluded its 36th World Magazine Conference in Beijing. At the conference, GAPP official Liu Binjie promised foreign periodicals that China will … Continue reading →

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Blame Canada!

Posted on 2007-04-18 by maya

Yesterday, the State Council News Office held a press conference at which the State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) news spokesperson Wang Ziqiang (王自强) responded to the WTO cases that the United States filed last week. China’s position is both predictably … Continue reading →

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Property rights in China: equal for all?

Posted on 2007-04-16 by maya

Does a sausage seller have property rights?

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Mia Farrow’s “Genocide Olympics”

Posted on 2007-04-15 by maya

Mia Farrow dispenses goodwill The New York Times is crediting UNICEF goodwill ambassador Mia Farrow with Beijing’s recent reversal in its stance on Darfur. Previously opposed to U.N. sanctions against the Sudan — and generally refusing to involve itself in … Continue reading →

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