Suspicions in U.S. That China Has Put Ban on Hollywood Films

SUSPICIONS IN US THAT CHINA HAS PUT BAN ON HOLLYWOOD FILMS
[SOURCE: New York Times, AUTHOR: David Barboza]
China has stopped granting permission for American films to be shown in its theaters in an apparent trade dispute with the United States. The Chinese action might be in retaliation for the decision by the United States last April to file an intellectual property rights case with the World Trade Organization. The filing was meant to pressure China to enforce more strictly its intellectual property rights laws against the pirating of American movies and to give American companies greater access to the Chinese market.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/12/business/smallbusiness/12film.html?ref...
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