Web Users In China Fight Fakeness, Corruption
The Associated Press posted a story today about an ongoing war between China's "fiercely vocal online community" and corrupt Communist Party officials who either ignore or profit from China's CULTURE OF COUNTERFEITING. From the article:
"One popular target is fakes: fake products, fake credentials, even last year's highlight — a TV news story about supposedly fake buns filled with cardboard that was itself accused of being faked."The last straw was a scandal over a fake picture of an extinct tiger that I told you about back in November. Interestingly, the agressiveness of bloggers and others online seems to be emboldening the press. One newspaper published a photo from an official meeting to discuss the scandal that show some of the officials actually sleeping.
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This posting is confusing. What is your point? What are you trying to say other than that you found an example of a faked tiger picture some time back?
You may be unfamiliar with this blog. One of my recurring themes is intellectual property theft in China.
My only point is: Go read this article. It's about how the main force opposing the root causes of IP theft in China is the Chinese online community.
It's just an interesting article, that's all.
Mike Elgan
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