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China Hires 1 Million People To Fight Fake Products
hackingbear writes "In a sign of the Chinese Government's intention to crack down on the black market, there were about 1 million people employed to remove fake goods from Chinese streets, according to the vice-chairman of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, Wang Jinzhen. Like our War on Drugs, the chance of that succeeding is not very high. 'I don't think it will be completely corrected, but still it will be eased,' he said. 'That's good for China and the company and for everyone in the world.' One key reason why companies keep their R&D departments out side of China is because of concern over IP protection. As an engineer, should we wish their effort genuine and successful? Or as your grandma warned you, be careful what you wish for."
The term is non-racist.
I thought the standard these days, to determine whether something is racist, is whether anyone is offended by the term.
We can't name our college team the Redskins, to honor the tribe for which the school is named, since there are some who might be offended by our attempt to honor our past.
Whites cannot use the N-word, while blacks can, because blacks aren't offended when other blacks use it.
A term like "he gypped me." can't be used these days, because a gypsy may be offended (even though the person who uses the term never knew the origin and never intended it to be offensive or a reference to gypsies).
I was even corrected in a business meeting by an employee of a large consumer products company (soap, paper, tampons you can rely on, and stackable potato chips), for saying "Bang for the Buck" because of the obvious implications about prostitution, and how offensive it may be to women. (Personally, I was thinking dynamite....)
I guess mentioning the full name of major league baseball's hit leader might actually offend some women, because of the reference to an erection.