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Jan 2022
13m 53s

Upper-intermediate | Intellectual Proper...

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You know it’s a heavy lesson when the writer of these intros has to look up the definition. So, to guard himself from any more ridicule: Here’s a podcast with a Mandarin Chinese lesson on intellectual property lawsuits in China, and some of the steps China has taken towards real IP law (blatantly copy and pasted from colleague’s explanation). Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/0396

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