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.
More than 90 percent of DVDs in China are pirated
Source: AP, “Warner, Paramount form China partnership to sell DVDs in anti-piracy move,” International Herald Tribune, November 7, 2007, (accessed: November 9, 2007).
As much as 15 million people use illegal drugs in China
Source: 2007 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, “Southeast Asia: China,” United States Department of State, March 2007, (accessed: March 2, 2007).
$17 billion spent on illicit drugs in China in 1998
Source: International Crime Threat Assessment, “Chapter III: Worldwide areas of International Criminal Activity, China,” December 2000, available from Federation of America Scientists, http://www.fas.org/irp/threat/pub45270chap3.html#r15 (accessed: March 9, 2007).
49 cases of hazardous waste smuggling in China in 2006
49 cases of hazardous waste smuggling containing 8,000 tons of solid waste were uncovered by Chinese Custom officials in 2006.
Source: Xinhua, “China customs uncover waste smuggling cases,” China Daily, January 31, 2007, (accessed: February 1, 2007).
China main source of counterfeit tech products
At any given time, 30 Cisco investigators around the world are working on 200 cases of counterfeiting, with China being the primary source of goods.
Source: Deb Radcliff, “Fake network gear” , Network World, October 23, 2006,(accessed: October 23, 2006).
Fake basketballs sales in China
According to company executives, 5.6 counterfeit balls are sold for each authentic Spalding basketball in China.
Source: William Freebairn, “Spalding tries to prevent basketball counterfeiting,” June 15, 2006, The Republican (U.S.), (accessed: July 1, 2006).
Counterfeit golf clubs in China
The price of counterfeit golf clubs manufactured in China usually sells at levels 75 percent below the authentic price.
Source: Bloomberg News, “Fake golf clubs are ‘nightmare’,” International Herald Tribune, May 18, 2005,(accessed: July 1, 2006).
4 fake products sold for each real product sold in China
In a report published by the U.S. Department of Commerce, a sports equipment manufacturer who is familiar with the counterfeit market in China estimates that “for every one legitimate item sold, there are four counterfeits sold.”
Source: “Sporting Goods Market in China,” U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration,September 20, 2005,(accessed: July 10, [...]
