During an unplanned stopover in London last week, Chinese Vice Premier Qian Qichen had a brief meeting with British Prime Minister Tony Blair.

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In a recent paper, Yi Qian of Kellogg School of Management studies the response of branded Chinese shoemakers to an influx of fakes after the government shifted its enforcement efforts to more urgent things, such as stamping out counterfeit food, drugs and alcohol.

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Jiang and Qian told their aides that Washington would find it humiliating for a superpower to express an apology.

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