Wang Qishan, Vice Premier of the State Council, wrote an editorial for the WSJ entitled, “No More Chinese Knock-Offs”. It followed pretty closely after the State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) released its 5 year IPR protection plan. This is really big talk. Is it actually going to happen?

A new report out of Beijing is loosening the government's choke-hold on public outcry. "China's State Council on Friday approved a new regulation designed to make it easier for the public to lodge complaints against what they deem unjust government decisions.

According to the Regulation on Implementing Administrative Review Law, the public has the right to ask the government to review its actions and decisions that they believe have infringed upon their rights."

In the Nu River valley in southwest China, exploration work is under way for a string of hydroelectric dams. Yongchen Wang visited the region to hear what local people have to say about the controversial project, from chinadialogue.net.