Police will enhance inspection and enforcement action against illegal conversion of high-powered high intensity gas-discharge (HID) vehicle headlamps, Secretary for Transport & Housing Eva Cheng says.

Quick word about the debate between Jim Mann and David Lampton over the thesis of Mann's new book The China Fantasy. From the IHT:

Mann's thesis, adamantly rejected by many, though not all, experts on China, is that the American policy of what is called "engagement," pursued with some fits and starts by every administration since [...]

You know, there is a simple explanation to all this toy recall stuff.
These companies really need to be taken to task for designing products that are obviously dangerous. I mean, really, you don't have to be a genius to predict that "Frozen Carbonite Barbie" might have toxic levels of lead in it, right?

(Heh heh, [...]

Two men and a woman, aged 43 to 51, have been arrested for selling fake crocodile meat.

Rich (All Roads Lead to China) blogs today on retailers like WalMart and the possible tough quarter they may have in store for them. I've seen lots of headlines over the past few days predicting dire things ahead. One point on the toy recalls that is particularly important:

Since few consumers are buying direct from Hasbro, [...]

Paul Midler wrote yesterday about anonymous bloggers. My take on this? I don't care all that much one way or the other. This might sound strange coming from a lawyer, but I firmly believe that blogs should not have to deal with rules of any kind. I like the free-for-all environment.
I hope that I judge [...]

Some great IP-related gaming stories out there recently. One reference to HiPiHi, China's answer to Second Life, made me turn my attention back to the virtual property issue, which is a lot of fun if you are both a geek and an IP lawyer. I stand guilty as charged on both counts, of course. [...]