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...store manager Joe B. Magnant. Magnant noted that it was good for business to advocate for global warming awareness. But, he said jokingly, “global warming would actually kind of help the ice cream industry.” —Clifford M. Marks and Kevin Zhou contributed to the reporting of this article...
...sentiments toward child advocacy as a testament to the CAP’s accomplishments.“It’s a program that can inspire,” she says, “but also can keep idealism alive.”—Staff writer Kevin Zhou can be reached at kzhou@fas.harvard.edu...
...Zhou Fukuan, a cheerful 32-year-old who runs the DVD stand across the street from my old Shanghai apartment, just smiles when I tell him that the U.S. has filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization (WTO) over China's rampant infringement of intellectual-property rights. "I hadn't heard that," he says, "but this sort of thing happens a lot-the government says they'll crack down on [piracy]. It usually lasts a few days, and then...
...simply a joke. "Competition has never been tougher," Li Haihua tells me as he peddles DVDs of new Hollywood films for 60? apiece on Shanghai's Huaihai Street, just blocks from a big antipiracy billboard. "There are more [sellers] than ever before, and the price has come down." Zhou says he earns less than 13? per disc. "It's definitely a volume business," he adds wearily...
...small, makeshift factories that churn out the discs. There are periodic raids, to be sure, but it would take a lot more effort to truly end the practice, and it's hard to believe the Chinese leadership really cares that much. Maybe a WTO case will change that, but Zhou, for one, doesn't believe it. "Don't worry, I'll still be here," he says, and with a smile asks if I had seen The Last King of Scotland. "Five renminbi," he says...