[china] photocopy at your peril

Chinese students who have extremely limited incomes have been photocopying complete foreign textbooks recommended by teachers. A photocopied edition only costs a few dollars, and photocopy workshops always enjoy booming business around campus. However, a new circular says publishing houses affiliated with Chinese schools can publish domestic editions of foreign textbooks only after they get permission from the foreign publisher. "School leaders should be punished if illegal copies of foreign books are found in Chinese schools," said the circular. I wonder if this is what the execution buses are for. They seem to like this punishment business a whole lot over there.