Silk Market crackdown provokes storm of protest
20 February 2009
Janice Qu, Hong Kong
A crackdown on Beijing’s notorious Silk Market is causing controversy with lawsuits, libels and violent protests at law offices in the past three weeks
On February 10 the management company of the Silk Market, a counterfeiting hotspot in the centre of Beijing, issued an aggressive letter accusing lawyers acting for brand owners of improperly asking for money from stall holders. The lawyers involved deny the...
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