Archive for October 30th, 2007
Tobacco in China (Part 3): Counterfeiting and Smuggling
Tuesday, October 30th, 2007China produces a staggering 190 billion counterfeit cigarettes each year. The Chinese government claimed that it dealt with 159,000 cases involving the manufacture and sale of counterfeit cigarettes in the first six months of 2002 alone. And it has destroyed more than 5,000 cigarette-making machines in recent years. Still, the government is at a loss […]