FOREIGN OR DOMESTIC：Which Brand Is Best？

In recent years it hasbecome practice inthe Chinese garmentindustry to registera trademark abroadat minimal cost,or purchase the usufruct of a provisional brandfrom a small Europeanfactory,and affixits name to goods otherwise produced inChina.“We have no choice,”says made-in-China brand Bellvilies’proprietor defiantly.“Unless our goods havea foreign trademark,large shopping centersrefuse to rent us counter space.”