Sunday 21 June 2009

Chinese plagiarism of Harry Potter

A Chinese author 周艺文 wrote a book 冒险小王子, which means "The Little Prince Adventure". It's not published yet, but the samples were distributed to Chinese schools. The samples get favorable receptions from children and their parents.

The book is said to have 18 same points as Harry Potter series. The points are not clearly stated on the news.

J.K. Rowling is going to sue him for damages. But I wonder if the sue goes well. Because China ignores claims or gets angry in reverse.

China is very famous for producing many many many bootlegs. The authorites take actions against illegal makers, but that's not enough.

A lot of countries have been worried about Chinese piracy. Japan too.

China should try hard to prevent from making pirates, and other countries should more pressure China to do.





China is one of the biggest country that contribute environmental destructions. The countries around China are troubled about its environmental pollution.

China is a nation of dictatorship by the Communist Party. Chinese people are deprived of freedom of speech by the government. Search engines such as Google, Yahoo! and Microsoft obey the rule not to show Chinese people inconvenient truths for Chinese government.

Because of one-child policy, many female babies are killed with abortions. Parents in the countryside are likely to want boys, not girls, because parents want children to feed them in the future. In addition, the ratio of women and men is not balanced, so it causes the increase of men who can't get married and so the increase of sex crimes, especially rapes.

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