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China Hearsay 
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Post Frequency: 8.4/day Last Entry: May 03, 2010 at 11:04:24 Recent Entries: 900
By Stan Abrams
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Locke and Load: Protectionists Go After Obama Appointee
Posted on February 26, 2009I take personal umbrage when China FDI lawyers get smacked around. Here’s a heads-up from Bloomberg: Gary Locke, President Barack Obama’s pick to be commerce secretary, persuaded Chinese President Hu Jintao in 2006 to visit Seattle, where he was feted at the mansion of Microsoft Corp...
Obscene Letters From Home
Posted on February 26, 2009This is way off topic. Way, way off topic. As an expat, you get used to two things about politics: first, the politics of all other expats are very similar (liberal socially, moderate fiscally, free trader), and second, all the weird stories from home about political extremists seem to be about other folks...
Did Someone Call for a New World Order?
Posted on February 26, 2009From CEL: Here’s something from the “I hope they didn’t spend too much money on that study” department: “West blamed for rapid increase in China’s CO2“. The Norwegian’s are set to drop this bombshell old chestnut in a soon to be released report according to an article in the Guardian...
What?s Not For Dinner
Posted on February 26, 2009Note to self: do not eat pig’s liver for dinner tonight. A dish of stir-fried pig’s liver served at a dinner party in Guangzhou, China, poisoned 14 people with what authorities think was an animal feed additive, a Chinese state-run news agency reported...
Uh Oh ? Low(er) Salaries Coming
Posted on February 26, 2009Not what I wanted to see: COMPANIES on China’s mainland are expected to face less resistance from expatriates on localization of compensation packages amid the economic downturn, an industry survey said yesterday. Corporations are still optimistic about the Chinese mainland’s economic growth and still see cross-border movements into the mainland increasing, said PricewaterhouseCoopers International Ltd yesterday in [...
Hilary Clinton - Old China Hand
Posted on February 24, 2009Tim Johnson with some good advice for Hilary: It’s probably best for Westerners not to try to out-proverb the Chinese, especially when speaking with Premier Wen Jiabao. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has just passed through China, and she displayed a propensity to throw Chinese proverbs into her public statements, exclaiming at one point: “I love [...
The Cyborgs Are Coming
Posted on February 24, 2009You may have noticed the huge onslaught of stories about the "Human Flesh Search Engine" phenomenon in China over the past year or so. I’d just like to know if anyone else sees that term and immediately thinks cyborg? Flashes from Videodrome? Anyone? No? Must be just me.
The World is Watching Your China Factory
Posted on February 24, 2009If you didn’t already realize that every single part of a company’s global operations are now under a magnifying glass, check this out: The University of Michigan announced on Monday that it was ending its apparel licensing agreement with the Russell Corporation, becoming the 12th university to do so in response to the company’s decision to [...
China iPhone Alert
Posted on February 24, 2009Hot off the presses, from China Tech News: China Unicom has reportedly reached an agreement with Apple on iPhone’s entry into China and the 3G iPhone may appear in the Chinese market in May 2009. Foreign media are quoting representatives from Ovum, a British consultancy, as saying that China Unicom and Apple will achieve cooperation soon and [...
IP Policies Abound for China Net Firms
Posted on February 20, 2009First it was Tudou announcing a new takedown policy (after it had been sued by a big group of IP owners), now we have Baidu putting a lovely-sounding anti-counterfeiting program together. I’m not going to criticize any of these guys. Whether they are motivated by fear or by more pure intentions, it’s a good thing...
Let?s Buy Some Commodities
Posted on February 20, 2009The market is certainly more attractive for Chinese purchasers than it was a couple of years ago, hmm? I wonder how many of these we’ll see over the next 18 months or so. Mining, petroleum, what’s next? From Bloomberg: Petroleo Brasileiro SA, Brazil’s state-controlled oil company, agreed to a $10 billion loan from the China Development Bank [...
The Pros and Cons of Investing in China
Posted on February 20, 2009A better than average discussion of the good and bad of China’s current economic situation, geared towards investors: http://www.moneyweek.com/investments/stock-markets/the-pros-and-cons-of-investing-in-china-14630.aspx
Positive Trends in Patent Stats?
Posted on February 20, 2009All right, first off I should say that I am a skeptic when it comes to China stats, and that includes IP registration and enforcement statistics. These numbers are often way off, and those that are fairly accurate may not even present a coherent message...
Shanghaiist is No Fun Anymore
Posted on February 20, 2009Say it ain’t so. Please. Remember that incredibly entertaining (if somewhat morbid) story about a woman who lost a best mistress contest and then drove her lover and his four other mistresses off a cliff? Well, apparently it might have been complete fiction! Crap...
Loving That British Sense of Humor
Posted on February 18, 2009As a well-educated American, I am genetically predisposed to British humor, which sometimes (but not always) avoids slapstick and draws its content from more sophisticated sources. American humor sometimes (but rarely) avoids the childish. A notable British funnyman is Peter Mandelson, who as EU Trade Commissioner was a welcome voice of sanity on China trade policy [...
The Next China Reality Show Concept?
Posted on February 18, 2009You know, my blog has lately been kind of a bummer. It’s either depressing economic news or boring legal analysis. Thank heavens that there is entertaining news out there, or I might completely flip out. Case in point: A married Chinese businessman who could no longer afford five mistresses held a competition to decide which one to [...
Chinese Investment and Overcapacity
Posted on February 18, 2009Funny, I can almost see the eyes rolling and heads nodding off just by typing that headline. Wake up! This stuff is important. Every once in a while, it’s a good idea to revisit some of the macro issues that are causing problems here in China. Lack of consumer demand as a structural problem is finally beginning [...
Trademark Applications May Be Submitted Online
Posted on February 18, 2009From the SAIC: The State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC) recently released the Trial Provisions for Online Trademark Application, which clarifies the relevant procedures for online trademark application. Applicants may directly submit their trademark applications online, or entrust trademark agencies to handle it...
U.S.-China WTO IP Dispute IV - final thoughts
Posted on February 17, 2009This is meant to be a wrap-up of my series on the IP case. Check out the other parts of the series for the details on the legal arguments. A few major themes here: 1. The ruling was not earthshattering. 2. The mainstream press totally bungled the reporting on this case...
One More Nail in the Hukou Coffin
Posted on February 17, 2009From China Briefing: China’s State Council has announced that it will abolish the permanent residency requirement, or hukou, to allow job seekers to move easily between cities and alleviate unemployment. I’ve been predicting the demise of the hukou system for years now...
CCTV Fire - Theory 1
Posted on February 17, 2009I’m sure there will be lots of theories to play around with in the months to come. This one is the first, from an internal investigation: CCTV held a high-level meeting on February 13 to review the findings from its preliminary investigation of the fire that burnt its high-rise tower on February 9...
Uncertainty in these Troubled Times
Posted on February 16, 2009Every once in a while, you get an opportunity to consider what effect the downturn will have on certain industries and specific transactions. This is in addition to some of the more personal incidents that occur (e.g. people you know that have lost jobs, lost homes, are freaking out generally, etc...
CSR and the Economic Crisis
Posted on February 16, 2009This is more of a question than an informative post, but an article about GSK got me thinking: The world’s second biggest pharmaceutical company is to radically shift its attitude to providing cheap drugs to millions of people in the developing world...
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