You name it, China is cracking down on it. In the case of them censoring American cartoons and denying their people censorship free access to the internet that's a bad thing, in the case of piracy it's a relief.
Piracy had become such a problem in the country that Hollywood movies were routinely available on the street there on day of release. Now though, the Chinese government is engaged in a 100-day attack on pirates. Since they started in July, Variety says they've raided nearly 90,000 shops and street venders selling illegal DVDs and ripoff software. More than 3,000 shops have been shut down and 9,500 vendors busted.
The war on piracy there has driven high-quality piracy outlets underground and anything left available in the open is reported to be pretty low quality.
Of course it's China, so a temporary crackdown like this is rather easy. It's not like they have to worry about trampling on civil rights in their pursuit of American placation. Ah well. They've slowed the pirates down a bit, and they're doing it without imprisoning old ladies. MPAA take note.
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