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by Shivetya 3121 days ago
You are pretty much correct, as it stands now China pretty much gets to walk over the WTO so I don't think many other actions are possible.

As Apple demonstrates all too well, there are companies willing to drop all their moral pretenses to do business there. What they will rant on and on about in their home countries they willingly turn a blind eye to so that they can secure their place in China's market.

Still what can you do? Companies like Apple are subject to investors and public pressure. There are more than a few bloggers who can rub Apple's nose in it enough to get attention. I still think if not for the recent concerted effort of bloggers earlier this year Apple would have ignored the Mac Pro market indefinitely. If Apple can be moved to state support for an embarrassingly languishing product line then why not force their hand when it comes to standing up for the same morals/standards here and there?