 | The Politics of Piracy: Intellectual Property in Contemporary China Subjects: Intellectual property -- China; Piracy (Copyright) -- China; Product counterfeiting -- China; United States -- Foreign economic relations -- China; China -- Foreign economic relations -- United States; China is by far the world's leading producer of pirated goods--from films and books to clothing, from consumer electronics to aircraft parts. As China becomes a full participant in the international economy, its inability to enforce intellectual... Andrew C. Mertha is Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Studies and the Earle H. and Suzanne S. Harbison Faculty Fellow at Washington University in St. Louis. He lived in China for almost seven years, four of them as a production manager for a U.S. import/export company. |
