21.   They have pointed to massive confiscations of pirated products on retail markets, the relicensing of compact disk factories and posting of inspectors in those plants.

22.   Three of the factories Xinhua named are located in southeastern Guangdong province, the main source of pirated U.S. products, according to U.S. officials and industry groups.

23.   U.S. negotiators say enforcement of copyright laws is far from adequate and that pirated products made in China are being exported, causing further harm to U.S. companies.

24.   U.S. companies such as Nintendo and software giant Microsoft Corp. have long complained of pirated products that they say have cost them billions of dollars in sales.

25.   Weeranawit agreed that consumers in the region may be tempted to use pirated products due to the current economic climate.

26.   The United States is pressing the Chinese to clamp down on the proliferation of pirated products that are allegedly costing US businesses more than one billion dollars a year.

27.   The United States is pressing the Chinese to clamp down on the proliferation of pirated products that are allegedly costing US businesses more than one dollars a year.

28.   They checked a Nintendo distributor in Taiwan and found a large number of pirated products were on sale.

29.   Oetojo refused to specify the pirated products, nor would he name the pirating companies.

30.   People found making and marketing pirated products face heavy fines or other legal action that could bring their business to a halt, it added.