31.   He called on major brand-name companies not to accept conditions in Chinese factories that they would find unacceptable in the United States or elsewhere in the world.

32.   Smuggling, however, flows mainly from China south to Vietnam as Chinese factories unload their oversupplies of everything from beer to thermoses to bicycles.

33.   Such disasters occur frequently in Chinese factories, which often lack safety standards and fire-control equipment.

34.   Tens of thousands of trucks run in a loop around Chinese factories and Victoria Harbor.

35.   As in February last year, the agreement reached on Monday followed a spate of closures of Chinese factories producing pirated audio-visual goods.

36.   The retaliatory plans follow a US government discovery of a large number of previously unknown Chinese factories producing pirated versions of US products.

37.   The two sides also will address the establishment of a title verification office in Beijing and additional training to make sure that Chinese factories are producing software products legally.

38.   It has also increased production at its Chinese factories to benefit from cheaper labour costs.

39.   It is not rare for the head of a Chinese factory to be a leading figure in a trade union run by the ruling communist party.

40.   Officials have blamed the problem on the increasing levels of pollution in local waters due to waste from Hong Kong and runoff from factories in nearby Chinese factories.