| 'Made in China' but with warning
Wang said the move was a way to start to enforce intellectual property rights and show that better quality comes with real goods.
But he warned that if anyone tried to sell fake Silkstreet goods, they will be dealt with "according to the law". Counterfeit goods remain widespread in China, despite occasional crackdowns, because laws against the practice are rarely enforced.
The market has a program to crack down on fake goods, Wang said, such as giving a 20 percent discount on rent for stalls that sell real goods.
But many of the shops in the Silkstreet market still sell fake good.
"The quality and look is good," shopkeeper Xu Meiling said of Silkstreet shirts, comparing them favorably to fake foreign-brand shirts hanging in dozens of stalls.
Makes banking cheaper and more efficient
The Single Euro Payments Area becomes a reality tomorrow. HSBC will be introducing a number of propositions that will make life much easier for both personal and business customers.
SEPA aims to make cross-border electronic payments in euro in the 27 countries of the European Union, the European Economic Area (Norway, Liechtenstein and Iceland) and Switzerland as quick, easy and efficient as domestic payments.
The implementation of SEPA will allow businesses and consumers to reap the benefits of a common currency and integrated payments system that have been established within the boundaries of the European Union.
Over the past year HSBC has been working hard to ensure its systems and tariffs are compliant with the requirements of the new payments area and which will result in cheaper and more efficient banking.
No excitement please, we're Reading
An FA Cup run would have been a bit risky, so striker Dave Kitson informed us all that they did not give two 'hoots' about that. They want to concentrate on the league, but of course they don't want to do too well in that because that would put them in Europe. And they wouldn't want that. The most incredulous thing of all is that Royals fans, blinded by their love of Coppell, call radio phone-ins defending the club's position. "Our Steve's right, we're not ready for European football," they garble. So instead they'll stumble on aimlessly until their luck runs out and they go back down to the Championship. They could have made the most of their elevated status and had some fantastic memories that would have lasted a lifetime - as a Bolton fan who has seen his side venture into Europe twice in the past three seasons, I can assure them of that.
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