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China seizes 13 million illegal goods in crackdown

By Mon, Sep 05, 2011 1:28AM UTC View Comments

BEIJING (AP) — China says it seized about 13 million illegal video, music and print products over the past year in a campaign to tackle fakes and copyright theft. The official Xinhua News Agency reported Sunday that 663 shops producing pirated products, including movies, music CDs, software and books, were shut down from late last...

Asian political parties silent on 2010 Bangkok crackdown

By Mon, May 23, 2011 10:00AM UTC View Comments

By Anek Sae-Lao As I was cleaning up my email account today, I came across a forwarded email which I received from an activist friend around this time last year. The email was an open letter to Dr. Neric Acosta, the Secretary-General of the Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats (CALD), a network of allegedly...

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