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ELEVATED Identity-theft complaints doubled last year. We got suspicious when the dog walker wanted our Social Security number...
...Number of complaints of identity theft received by the Federal Trade Commission...
...Number of complaints of identity theft received...
...When China was under the ultra-rigid control of Chairman Mao?with every adult reporting to a work unit or a nosy neighborhood committee?people could barely get away with bicycle theft. That overly restrained but safe China is now long gone. Big Brother isn't watching so carefully anymore (unless you're a political dissident) and tens of millions of Chinese are on the move, wandering to different parts of the country in search of jobs. Society is all shook up, and anonymity is now possible for the first time, especially in immigrant magnets like Wuhan...
...record labels have complained for years about the damage that CD pirates do to their business in China. By some estimates, more than 90% of the CDs sold on the mainland are illegal copies. Intellec-tual-property theft is just part of a global music-piracy problem that combined with rampant tune trafficking over the Internet is cramping sales. After a drop in 2001 of 5% in terms of value and 6.5% in units, global music sales plunged a further 9.2% and 11.2% respectively in the first half...