China is the world's largest source and market for counterfeit goods and the poor-quality products that it makes will seriously hurt its economy and pose a major latent threat to public security, Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) Vice Chairman You Ying-lung (
Citing the finding of a report commissioned by the MAC, You said that due to the Chinese authorities' lax controls, about 70 percent of the world's bootleg products come from China, ranging from brand-name clothing to medicine. Nearly 90 percent of consumers have purchased such fake products, he claimed.
Quoting statistics compiled by China's General Administration of Quality Supervision and Quarantine, You said that counterfeit goods worth a total of 11.1 billion yuan (US$1.34 billion) were seized by Chinese law enforcement authorities from April 2001 to October last year, posing great losses to consumers and original producers.
According to the report, China's increased counterfeiting has seriously hit many worldwide famous brands and it has become an international issue.
Estimates show that US enterprises suffer as much as US$250 billion in business losses each year due to mainly China-made counterfeit products, according to the report, which added that various upscale brand names have halted plans to enter the Chinese market as a result.
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Taiwan sweltered through its hottest October on record, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said yesterday, the latest in a string of global temperature records. The main island endured its highest average temperature since 1950, CWA forecaster Liu Pei-teng said. Temperatures the world over have soared in recent years as human-induced climate change contributes to ever more erratic weather patterns. Taiwan’s average temperature was 27.381°C as of Thursday, Liu said. Liu said the average could slip 0.1°C by the end of yesterday, but it would still be higher than the previous record of 27.009°C in 2016. "The temperature only started lowering around Oct. 18 or 19
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