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Back Room Dealing:
China Puts Pirated DVD's Under Wraps for World Expo

April 27, 2010 - With an estimated 70 million visitors expected for the World Expo, Shanghi officials appear to be  taking steps make China's famous knock off markets less visible to tourists. China does a huge business in pirated Hollywood movies and fake music CD's. The New York Times reported today that suspect DVD's have been ordered to the back rooms. Some shops even have hidden doors and sliding bookshelves to protect their special "pirate caves."  Expo visitors with their cameras will be less likely to make a big deal out of China's least respectable tourist attraction. Prior the Olympics, China avoided worldwide embarrassment by scrambling to reduce air pollution. Now China wants its infamous knock-off markets to be less of a "known secret."