NOTE 18 - COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES LEASE COMMITMENTS On August 1, 2010 our Company entered into a sub-lease agreement with a third party for its Pasadena office facility. This sub-lease expired on November 30, 2012 and we did not renew the contract. Our full service gross monthly rental rate is $2,567. Rent expenses for this facility totaled $0 and $28,237 for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively. On October 21, 2010, Arki (Beijing) E-commerce Technology Corp. (Arki Beijing), our wholly-owned subsidiary, entered into a lease agreement for an office facility expansion in the Beijing Chaoyang District, Hua Mao Center. The straight-line monthly gross rental rate is $30,831 with a 36-month term. This lease expires on October 20, 2013. On February 2, 2011, the Company entered into an amendment agreement that changed the lessee to be America Arki Network Service Beijing Co. Ltd., our wholly-owned subsidiary. In addition, Arki (Beijing) E-commerce Technology Corp sublet a portion of the office facility expansion where Arki (Beijing) E-commerce Technology Corp shared $6,259 of the monthly rent with a 33-month term. The sublease agreement expires on October 20, 2013. In the meantime, America Arki Network Service Beijing Co. Ltd. was obligated to pay for the remaining monthly rent of $24,572. On July 1, 2012, the two entities entered into an amendment agreement with the lessor, which increased the total monthly gross rental rate to approximately $31,670. In October 2013, the lease was renewed. The new lease started on October 21, 2013 and will expire on October 20, 2016. The new monthly rent is approximately $45,048 (?RMB 276,971?). Rent expenses totaled $390,742 and $412,560 for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively. On November 1, 2012, the Company entered into a lease agreement with a third party for the New York office. This lease expires on October 31, 2013. Our monthly rental is $1,923. In August 2013, the Company renewed the lease. The new lease started on November 1, 2013