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China Law. Making Money Off The Misery Of Others.

Posted on September 16, 2010
A truism about lawyers is that we benefit when the economy is either rising or falling, so long as there is change. I was talking with a China lawyer friend the other day regarding his firm's very small China office and we both talked of how we were getting all sorts of work related to the downturn...

China-Hong Kong Flights Just Got Cheaper.

Posted on September 16, 2010
Flying to Hong Kong from the Mainland has always been surprisingly expensive. But no more. According to the China Economic Review, China Budget airline, Spring Airlines, has just announced that it will be pricing its Hong Kong-Shanghai route at as low as RMB398 (US $59), roundtrip, "less than a third of the current lowest air fare...

China. A Really Good Place To Do Business.

Posted on September 14, 2010
By Steve Dickinson Our clients are always talking about where they should invest in Asia. Even more so of late in light of recent concerns that China is no longer a preferred destination for foreign investment. I have argued consistently that China is the most attractive place for investment in Asia...

China Truck Manufacturing Writ Large As Global Trade Microcosm.

Posted on September 12, 2010
A few years ago, I would get calls from some of the television business shows asking me to come on to speak about China stocks or particular industries. I would always refuse by saying that I am a lawyer, not a stock analyst. I am still unqualified as an industry analyst and many of these television shows are still putting on less than legitimate analysts to opine on China stocks...

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China Corruption. Et Tu? Do You Even Know?

Posted on September 11, 2010
Last week, Rich Brubaker of All Roads Lead to China did an excellent post on China business risks, covering, among other things, corruption/bribery. An interesting mini-discussion on bribery has ensued in the comments section and in one of those sections, Rich listed out what he sees as the three prime examples of foreign companies engaging in corruption in China: I think there are three cases of corrupt foreign firms: 1) Calculated risk-takers (largest category in my estimation) The risk-reward ratio is acceptable for these firms...

A China That Can Say "Whatever."

Posted on September 10, 2010
China Economic Review is just out with an article by co-blogger Steve Dickinson entitled,"Calling their bluff." The subtitled explains the article: "Foreign investors are queuing up to criticize China, but Beijing knows they aren't about to leave, says Steven M...

Experience Not Logic Returns To China Law Blogging. Hallelujah.

Posted on September 10, 2010
Since 2007, the Experience Not Logic blog was a vital China law blog. Then, in late 2009, it went silent as its founder and driving force, Will Lewis, embarked on his LLM in Tax from NYU School of Law, where he focused on international transactional tax...

China Joint Ventures. Who's Your Partner?

Posted on September 10, 2010
By Steve Dickinson The Chinese Supreme Court recently issued a set of regulations to be used in court cases involving disputes within foreign invested enterprises (???????????????????????????). These regulations came into effect on August 16, 2010. The official Chinese version can be found on the Supreme Court website here...

Operating Illegally In China. Half-Assing It Does Not Help.

Posted on September 09, 2010
Fairly regularly, we get an email from a foreigner living in China who wants to go into business in China with their girlfriend/fiancé/wife's family (yes it is always a male). This person wants to know how they can do this and we tell them that there are really only two ways...

China Law Discussions. The ListServ Lives.

Posted on September 09, 2010
For many years now I have been a happy member of the excellent and venerable ChinaLaw ListServe. The ListServe is expertly run by Donald Clarke, a law professor at George Washington University and the force behind the seminal China Law Prof Blog...

iLook China, With An R Rating.

Posted on September 06, 2010
I have had the blog iLook China on my blogroll for the last few months and I have to say that I only read its frequent postings maybe half the time. It is often too intellectual, too historical, too tangential, and, most importantly, too pro-China for me...

Foreign Prices Undercutting Domestic Chinese Prices. Yes, You Read That Right.

Posted on September 06, 2010
Call me weird, but I have always been fascinated by the pricing of goods and, in particular, price elasticity. The following two examples have always fascinated me:1. My old law firm represented a surgeon whose income fell in one year from around $450,000 to around $40,000 after an industry-wide change in insurance reimbursement...

The Basics On China Pharma, Part 3: Mistakes To Be Avoided.

Posted on September 05, 2010
This post is part 3 of a three part series by Robert Walsh, the founder of Samsara Biopharma Consulting, and his colleagues, Jennie Shi, Wendy Zheng, and Zhou Tong. It is a follow up to "The Basics on China Pharma" and "The Basics On China Pharma, Part 2: Getting Into China The Slow Hard Way...

How To Win Over The Chinese Consumer. What Happens In The Store May Not Stay In The Store.

Posted on September 03, 2010
This post was written by Stephanie Henry, a Harris & Moure legal assistant. In a Harvard Business Review blog post, entitled, China's In-Store Wars, Max Magni and Yuval Atsmon contend that to win over the Chinese consumer, you need to get in on the ground floor – literally: As many as 45% of Chinese consumers make purchase decisions in real time...

How Risky Is China?

Posted on September 02, 2010
Excellent post by Rich Brubaker of the All Roads Lead to China blog on his discussion with Neal Beatty entitled, "Identifying, Measuring, and Taking Action on the Risks of China." It is the kind of post every company doing business in or even with China should read...

Eight China Business Travel Tips.

Posted on September 01, 2010
The Dragon Business Network Blog did a post, entitled, "7 Tips for Business Travel to China." Believing both that one was missing and that eight is a lucky number, I added one more. Here are the original seven: Bring an unlocked mobile phone Take taxis everywhere Use Mguanxi to get around the city Program 962288 into your phone, in Shanghai Register with Ctrip Know that some hotels cater to the domestic market, not foreigners Treat yourself to a tailor-made suit Is Ctrip necessarily better than elong? For more on the seven, I urge you to read the full post here...

China Stock Experts. Where Are You?

Posted on August 29, 2010
An editor for a leading U.S. business magazine wrote me seeking my suggestions for good people to write, in English, about China's stock market. My response was to warn about the need to avoid bringing on any of the China investment amateurs who hold themselves out as experts...

Chinese Companies In America. A TwoFish Rebuttal.

Posted on August 29, 2010
The other day I did a post linking over to an article I recently wrote for the Wall Street Journal, entitled, "Chinese Companies Court Disaster," [if you cannot read the whole article, email to yourself] on how Chinese companies are falling down badly when it comes to understanding the American legal system and using American lawyers appropriately...

Chinese Companies Court U.S. Disaster.

Posted on August 27, 2010
I had an article published by the Wall Street Journal on how Chinese companies are mishandling their overseas legal matters. The article is entitled, "Chinese Companies Court Disaster: Doing business in America means also learning how to navigate the U...

Put China In Your Business Future. Philadelphia, September 8, 2010.

Posted on August 27, 2010
On Wednesday, September 8, 2010, The China Business Network will be putting on a China Event at the Cira Center in Philadelphia, entitled, "Put China in Your Business Future." It is shaping up as a great event, and I urge you all to attend. I am going to be on one of the panels so if you are interested in going and wish a discount, please email me...

Cracking Down On Illegal Land Use In China. Do You Really Still Feel Lucky, Foreign Punk?

Posted on August 25, 2010
The following is an amalgamation of a number (maybe 5 or 6) of conversations I have had over the years with people wanting to register a WFOE (Wholly Foreign Owned Entity) in China fast: Potential Client: Can you help me register a WFOE in China. Me: Yes...

The Basics On Doing Business In China.

Posted on August 25, 2010
Beijinger Magazine recently did a really nice article on our blog,entitled, "Blogging the Law." The article is mostly an interview with me and it nicely distills the basics for doing business in China. On the business side, it first addresses China's current climate for foreign businesses: How would you describe the government's present attitude towards foreign investment? China's attitude towards foreign investment ebbs and flows...

China Supply Chain Problems. Maybe It's All In Your Head.

Posted on August 24, 2010
Received a very nice email this morning from Keith, a Birmingham, Alabama 3L with a quite good blog called An Associate's Mind. Keith was writing to pass on a blog post on China supply chain problems. The post is "Supply Chain Risk: Culture Shock," and it is on an academic article that posits that many supply chain issues that arise between China and the West are caused by cultural differences...

Shutting Down A China WFOE. The Potential Repercussions.

Posted on August 23, 2010
Not sure why, but my firm has done more business shutting down WFOEs (a/k/a WOFEs) over the last three months than in any other 12 month (not three month) period. We also have been getting a whole slew of questions regarding the logistics in shutting down China operations...

What It Takes To Get A WFOE/WOFE Registered In China.

Posted on August 22, 2010
There are some excellent China company formation companies and there are some where you are all but guaranteed to waste your money. Some of these company formation firms (truly, always the better ones) call my firm in to assist when they are facing a new or unusual or difficult situation...

"The Nine Best China Business Blogs." I Don't Think So.

Posted on August 20, 2010
I received a couple congratulatory emails today on China Law Blog's showing up first on a just published list of "The Nine Best China Business Blogs," by Susie Gordon at eChinaCities. I was, of course, initially quite pleased to hear the news and I rushed over to the site to see the other eight...

The Basics On China Pharma, Part 2: Getting Into China The Slow Hard Way.

Posted on August 19, 2010
This post is part 2 of three part series by Robert Walsh, the founder of Samsara Biopharma Consulting, and his colleagues, Jennie Shi, Wendy Zheng, and Zhou Tong. Part 1, "The Basics on China Pharma," can be found here. This post is aimed at small-to-medium sized foreign pharma companies that want to enter the Chinese market...

Owed A Little Money By A Chinese Company? Good Luck With That.

Posted on August 19, 2010
Just about every week, we get a call from an American company that has paid anywhere between $5,000 and $50,000 for product from a Chinese company and received either nothing in return or product that clearly is not up to snuff. They want to know what they/we can do...

The Basics On China Pharma.

Posted on August 18, 2010
Mr. McGuire: I want to say one word to you. Just one word. Benjamin: Yes, sir. Mr. McGuire: Are you listening? Benjamin: Yes, I am. Mr. McGuire: Plastics. From the movie, The Graduate In a post entitled, "China Has Health Care Too," I talked about health care as one of the great opportunities for foreign businesses in China: A few months ago I was on a China panel at Northwestern's Kellogg Business School where, among other things, we were asked to list China's best opportunities...

Will China Ever Really Protect IP?

Posted on August 18, 2010
The following is by Stephanie Henry, one of our legal assistants, who will soon be starting the Masters in Communications program at Johns Hopkins University. It is a commonly held assumption (and one often stated here at CLB) that the increase in Chinese companies seeking protection of their own intellectual property (IP) in China will inexorably lead China to more vigorously enforce its IP laws so as to better protect those companies...

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