So what? If China wants to make knockoffs of US and European cars, then
that's their business.

One of the first lessons I learned in radio many years ago is that there are
no original ideas. Truly creative people can reverse engineer a product and
make it even better or produce it for less money. Here in the US, we have
our own copyright laws. In China, they have their own legal system. If they
want to make what we consider illegal copies, then that's up to them. And
while I am glad I live in the US, I don't agree with the greedy attorneys of
the RIAA and MPAA who go way too far enforcing US copyright laws without
being able to view fair use through common sense-colored glasses once in a
while.

GM sues Chinese firm for copying

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4528565.stm

General Motors is suing a former unit of Shanghai Automotive Industry
Corporation for copying a car design.

GM Daewoo, a South Korean unit of GM, said China's SAIC Chery Automobile had
copied the Daewoo Matiz's body structure in its Chery QQ model.

The Korean firm said it wanted 80m yuan ($9.7m; £5.1m) in compensation.

The case - accepted by a Beijing Court, according to Chinese state media -
is sensitive because GM and SAIC are involved in a major joint venture.

Damage limitation

The QQ appears to be similar to the Daewoo Matiz (and to GM's Chevrolet
Spark, which is based on the Matiz).

GM Daewoo said tests showed the body structure, interior and exterior design
of the QQ and many of its components were very similar to the Matiz. It
added that many parts were interchangeable between the two cars.

SAIC Chery denied the allegations, saying it spent more than a year
developing its QQ car. It added it has up to 24 design patents on the model.

GM Daewoo began suing Chery last December in Shanghai, but transferred the
suit to Beijing after Chery complained on jurisdiction grounds.

GM Daewoo had tried to resolve the dispute through mediation for a year and
only resorted to the courts when this failed, the company said.

SAIC, which spent £67m buying car designs from collapsed UK carmaker Rover,
held a 20% stake in Chery.

But it sold the holding late last year in what was thought to be a
damage-limitation exercise.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4528565.stm

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The chairman of the China Construction Bank, China's largest property
lender, and the senior official who heads the government company that owns
it, complained recently that the Communist party's role was hampering their
efforts to reform the bank.

The Communist party's control has made it difficult for companies to
establish a corporate culture and ethos, as well as SUBVERTING THEIR
DECISIONS TO BROAD POLITICAL AIMS.
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