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Intellectual Property Theft Gives China an Edge

Robert Holleyman, Business Software Alliance | July 13, 2010

China is America's most important economic partner, but this relationship is dysfunctional and one-sided. ++ China has shown no progress in enforcing intellectual property rights in the software industry. ++ For every five applications running on PCs in China, four have been stolen. ++ This tolerated theft gives Chinese businesses an unfair advantage over their American counterparts. ++ "The world's two largest economies have an opportunity to feed each other's continued growth well into the future. But we must give and take in equal measure."