Steal this software and this DVD, and this book, and this handbag, and this car... [intellectual property]

This paper discusses the problem of piracy and intellectual property theft in China. The Internet has become the most common vehicle for software piracy in China. But it´s not just software that is being pirated. In virtually every manufacturing sector - pharmaceuticals, fashion, tobacco, consumer electronics, car parts, even baby food - counterfeiting and copying in China are rampant. Despite an ongoing national campaign to stamp them out, they´re on the rise, according to many foreign and Chinese business people forced to cope with the consequences.