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To: RealMuLan who wrote (61146)	3/17/2005 7:43:58 PM
From: Snowshoe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

Russ just posted this on evironmental problems in China... Message 21145237 SPIEGEL: Still, each year China is strengthening its reputation as an economic Wunderland. Pan: This miracle will end soon because the environment can no longer keep pace. Acid rain is falling on one third of the Chinese territory, half of the water in our seven largest rivers is completely useless, while one fourth of our citizens does not have access to clean drinking water. One third of the urban population is breathing polluted air, and less than 20 percent of the trash in cities is treated and processed in an environmentally sustainable manner. Finally, five of the ten most polluted cities worldwide are in China.

To: RealMuLan who wrote (61146)	3/18/2005 3:03:25 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Respond to of 74559

Hey, Yiwu the Mad, did you see the thieving Chinese are being brought to heel. Stealing IP is losing ground. Message 21075750 Another "great" thing about China goes west. Note Jay's cuzzy bro is sorting them out. <Tech giants go to U.S. courts over China IP theft Wed Feb 23, 2005 10:44 PM ET By Doug Young HONG KONG, Feb 24 (Reuters) - China's new electronics companies, lured by riches in foreign markets, are feeling the bite of well-honed patent protection systems that have become effective weapons of business war for their competitors. Such lawsuits filed in the U.S. would have been considered little more than a nuisance by Chinese firms just two years ago, carrying little or no clout in China. Multinationals are reluctant to file patent lawsuits in China, where intellectual property (IP) laws are new and the courts lack experience handling such cases. But with China's exports of machinery and high tech goods reaching US$490 billion last year, up 45 percent from 2003, the threat of being shut out of lucrative western markets has become a potent deterrent against IP theft by Chinese companies, experts say. "The Chinese companies have to care because if they don't they face several bad scenarios," said Tony Chen, an IP attorney at the law firm of Paul Hastings, Janofsky & Walker. "If you lose a lawsuit, the court... could issue an injunction to stop your product from entering the U.S. You also face the prospect of very big damages. Also, your customers don't want to be exposed to liabilities." ... continued...> Mqurice