Chinese smash pirated video, audio products

December 14, 1996
Web posted at: 2:50 p.m. EST (1950 GMT)

BEIJING (CNN) -- Provincial authorities in Guangdong destroyed over half a million illegal audio and video products as part of a crackdown on violations of intellectual property rights, the China Youth Daily said Saturday.

A steamroller smashed the products, the paper said.

China and the United States were on the brink of a multi-billion dollar trade war earlier in the summer because Washington believed China did not do enough to combat piracy of intellectual property.

Reuters contributed to this report.

 

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