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Xiangyang Marketing will be Shutdown? Its obvious that this is just a tactic to buy time. Closing down Xiangyang market is purely a symbolic move to show that the government is serious about IPR violations. The reality of the situation is that it does not address the starting point which is the manufacture bases. All this is going to do is make small pockets of mini Xiangyang markets appear in different parts of town. In my opinion the effect will be to simply increase the number of places that you will easily find copied items. In fact I recently read an article to back that up where a DVD shop (pirate DVDs) is now selling designer handbags. The owner of the shop said its because Xiangyang market is shutting down - the article is here: http://madaboutshanghai.blogs.com/mad_about_shanghai/2006/01/xiangyang_marke_1.html I am sure that he is just one of the first, and over the coming weeks and months we will see more and more of these shops springing up all over town. |
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Picture in Shanghai Tony I find it quite funny how judgemental you are of people living in your `old' country when you and your wife obviously couldn't get out of the country fast enough. You have a very narrow view of the world and you paint with a very wide brush. You also call the people of your `old' country whores who think foreigners are better. Well, you are the one who sold out and moved to a foreign country - for what purpose? Better opportunities? More money? Aren't you the whore in this context? You also suggest that every `white guy' who teaches English in China wants to see a civil war in China and they support Japan! What are you talking about? Finally, you have the audacity to say that the Shanghainese are materialistic and discriminate about class - then in the next paragraph you talk about how you are `Upper Middle Class' own your own home in the US and went to spend $100 on a dress! Can you say `Hypocritical'? Take a look at your own attitude before critisicing others. Maybe the lady was rude to you because she was sick of the attitude some expatriated American Chinese like you have. I am an expat living in Shanghai, I love the people here. They have a vibrance and enthusiam about improving their life that many people don't have. I can smile and laugh with the people, even when they are focusing on making money (like trying to sell me something). Making money is what people all around the world do. Money provides a lifestyle and better living standards, this is a relatively new experience here, and people in China are wanting to catch up on what they have missed out on over the previous 60 years. So please don't be so judgemental on people that you don't know whilst you sit in your nice Upper Middle Class house in the US where all the struggle of trying to establish good living standards by the people was done long before you got there. Ps. I know I'm not Chinese, so I may get treated differently, however my girlfriend is Chinese, and I experience a lot through her. And no Tony she is not a `whore' that threw herself at me. We met in Sydney, and I in fact pursued her for some time. We decided to move to Shanghai for a few years so I could be exposed to the culture. I am not afraid of living here - why are you? |