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The Chinese Diaspora. Graphically.

Posted on July 18, 2010
The Wall Street Journal has up a fascinating and illuminating graphic on the Chinese diaspora. This graphic depicts where Chinese have settled around the world. I knew Peru had a lot of Chinese, but would never have guessed 1.3 million. I also knew Thailand and Indonesia had a ton of Chinese, but surprised they each have more than 7 million...

SMEs In China: Much Opportunity But Little Room For Error.

Posted on July 18, 2010
By Dan Harris and Simon Malinowski Many years ago, a friend of mine who helped head up the international division of a well-known United States multinational asked me how I thought his company should go into a particular country (not China). I told him I would ask a friend of mine from that country who really knew how things worked there...

On Why Being A Friend Of China Matters To Your Business.

Posted on July 17, 2010
Great piece of cultural information from Jason Patent's blog post, "Friend of China or ... Other?" Patent's post starts out talking about Lenovo Chairman Liu Chuanzhi's recent comment on how Lenovo is "lucky that Steve Jobs has such a bad temper and doesn't care about China...

Exclusivity In China Distribution Agreements.

Posted on July 15, 2010
Going through my emails and came across one from co-blogger Steve to a client on how to handle exclusivity on a China distribution agreement for a retail product. Nothing earth shattering here, but since our clients for whom we do China distribution agreements frequently ask us about exclusivity, I figured putting this up on the blog makes sense...

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China's Minimum Wage(s). Graphically.

Posted on July 15, 2010
Caixin online has a great graphic setting out the minimum wage in various China provinces and cities (h/t Taikongren's Advice). I think this graphic's greatest use is as a rough starting point for comparing salaries among cites and regions than as a legal tool...

Why China Won't Rule Tech.

Posted on July 15, 2010
Ray Kwong (a friend of mine) has a post up on the Forbes China Tracker entitled, "Five Reasons China Will Rule Tech." I ain't buying it. Not even at a deep discount. Ray's post is rash, premature, and inaccurate. I set out Ray's five reasons in bold below and then I analyze them in normal font...

Reverse Mergers For Chinese Companies. "I'm Your Pusherman"

Posted on July 14, 2010
I'm your mamma I'm your daddy I'm that nigga in the alley I'm your doctor when in need want some coke? have some weed You know me I'm your friend your main man thick and thin I'm your pusher man I'm your pusher man From the song, Pusherman, by Curtis Mayfield, (click here to listen) Every few months I get a call from a lawyer or an "investment broker" telling me of the great riches that await me for referring them China securities work...

Six Ways To Protect Your China IP. No Lawyer Required.

Posted on July 13, 2010
A client (who my firm has been representing on its international intellectual property matters for a long long time) sent me an article today and asked for my thoughts. The article is entitled, Enforcing Intellectual Property Rights in Weak Appropriability Regimes: The Case of de Facto Protection Strategies in China, written by Marcus M...

Ten Steps To Starting A China Business.

Posted on July 13, 2010
Inc. Magazine just came out with an article today that does a nice job setting out the basics for foreigners starting a business in China. The article is by Issie Lapowsky and it is entitled, "10 Steps to Starting a Business in China." Its ten steps are as follows...

On The Relevance/Significance Of Lady Gaga To YOUR China Business.

Posted on July 09, 2010
Every so often I will read something I know to be important, without really being able to put my finger on why it is important or even how. That is the case today with "Just for Fun: Oh My Lady Gaga! A Star is Born in…China," a post on the usually oh-so serious China Law & Policy blog...

China Intellectual Property (IP). I Hate Cats.

Posted on July 08, 2010
The China Economic Review just came out with a column by Andrew Hupert, entitled, "Schroedinger's copyright: Negotiating with Chinese about IP and brands requires quantum thinking." It is on a completely different topic than I initially expected and so I will first cover the article and then I will cover the expected topic...

China Corruption. You'd Have To Be Blind....

Posted on July 08, 2010
One of the things I have learned from doing this blog is to roll with the punches that really do not have all that much to do with what I have written. If I write a post on how Hong Kong is usually not very relevant to the typical SME going into China, I get angry comments and emails from people incredulous at how I can be ignoring the many companies that go public via Hong Kong...

Ten Things Every Business Must Know About China.

Posted on July 07, 2010
The All Roads Blog has an excellent post up, entitled, "20 Things I Have Learned About China." This post discusses my favorite ten of those twenty. Go here for the other ten. 1. There is no 'China', and there is no 'Chinese consumer'. This is a BIG country full of people and places that range in ways that are rarely appreciated...

China State Secrets. Buyer Beware.

Posted on July 06, 2010
Stan Abrams over at China Hearsay has a great post on the China state secrets case against Xue Feng, the Chinese-American recently convicted in China and sentenced to eight years. I was not going to write about this case for the simple reason that I do not know what to say about it because I just do not have even one tenth the information necessary to opine as to his guilt or innocence...

China Soccer As China Business Metaphor?

Posted on July 05, 2010
Excellent piece by Modern Lei Feng, entitled, "Whither Chinese Soccer?" on why China is unable to field a world class soccer team. MLF attributes China's soccer shortcomings to six things, including the following two: The Education System. "The dog eat dog nature of the Chinese education system is unbelievable...

How To Cultivate A China Merger Or Acquisition

Posted on July 01, 2010
This post was written by Simon Malinowski, a Harris & Moure summer associate. There is a terrific podcast interview between Kent Kedl and Dr. Kim Woodard on deal cultivation in China mergers and acquisitions on the China Business Blog. The podcast is entitled, "Deal Cultivation in China M & A...

What's Going On With China's Currency? I Dunno.

Posted on June 29, 2010
A few years ago, I promised to write about anything that generated at least five shows of interest from readers. There have been times I have regretted that promise, but none more so than now. I have received five emails from readers asking for our views on the recent currency issues and I even received and rejected a post on that from one of my law firms summer associates...

The Chinese Are Coming, Part XII. To A Public School Near You.

Posted on June 27, 2010
I gave a talk a couple years ago on what Chinese companies look at in determining whether to expand their business to the United States. My these was as follows: Chinese companies looking to buy American companies are usually looking for a valuable technology or commodity or, to a much lesser extent, a strong brand name...

What's Going On With China Labor?

Posted on June 27, 2010
Taikongren's Advice Blog has a nice post setting forth and commenting on many of the various issues swirling about these days on labor in China. The post is entitled,"Taikongren's definitive 'What's happening with Chinese Labor' post," and it does a very good job setting out China's labor situation and raising some interesting issues attached to that...

That's Hot: China Distribution Contracts

Posted on June 25, 2010
We recently did a post, entitled, "That's Hot: Made In China For China. By Foreigners" in which we talked about seeing a massive increase in licensing agreements for foreign companies licensing products to Chinese manufacturers. We have also been seeing a correspondingly massive increase in work for foreign companies entering into distribution contracts with Chinese distributers...

What If China Had Bought Newsweek?

Posted on June 25, 2010
Not sure how to relate this Evan Osnos post, entitled, "What if China had bought Newsweek," to doing business in or with China, beyond just tossing out the old adage on how different we are and of how we need to try to resolve our differences. So I won't even try...

China Intellectual Property Theft. The Statistics Are Damn Lies.

Posted on June 24, 2010
PC World Magazine has an excellent article on the costs of intellectual property (IP) violations in China. The article is entitled, "US Panel Looks at Intellectual Property Violations in China," and what it essentially says is that the value of China's stolen IP has been grossly exaggerated...

I Wish All China Could Be California Girls.

Posted on June 21, 2010
Interesting post up at the iLook China blog, aptly entitled, "Belching About China." The post is a complaint piece on a Huffington Post article, entitled, "China Labor -- the Pure Shame of It." The HuffPo article is written by Leo Hindrey, Jr., a self-proclaimed "pro-worker advocate" (whatever the hell that means)...

Outsourcing To China. The Less You Have The Better It Gets?

Posted on June 21, 2010
James Fallows did a post today comparing Barnes & Noble's Nook against Amazon's Kindle (with a nod to the iPad as well), both of which had their prices greatly reduced today. Within that post Fallows had a fascinating post from an unnamed "person with deep experience in the Chinese manufacturing industry...

China Corruption. We Ain't Seeing It.

Posted on June 20, 2010
Got a very interesting comment today on our post On The Demise Of China Manufacturing....Kidding. Part II. In that post, I talked about my conversations with various people in Tokyo regarding where manufacturing was going to move due to China's increased labor costs...

China Business. Patience As Virtue, Part II.

Posted on June 18, 2010
A couple years ago, I did a post, entitled, "Managing The China Dragon: Patience As Virtue," on an interview with Jack Perkowski. I listed the following as my favorite questions: What do you hope readers will take away from reading Managing the Dragon? There are many lessons to be learned from the book...

China Business: Have You Checked The Children?

Posted on June 17, 2010
Though non-lawyers who deal with China love to talk of how "uncertain" everything legal is there, the boring reality is that we lawyers who constantly deal with Chinese legal issues tend to read things there the same way nearly every time. Sure we sometimes jabber back and forth about whether it is better to arbitrate in Hong Kong and then try to get the arbitration award enforced in Shanghai, or just arbitrate in Shanghai from the get go...

Your China Supplier Information. Protect Thyself.

Posted on June 16, 2010
A couple of weeks ago we ended our post, 'YOUR China Supplier Information. It's Out There,' with the question, 'What do you do to prevent your Western buyers from learning about your Chinese suppliers and going around you?' Yesterday we received an answer from a loyal reader who says he maintains an ongoing request with US customs for confidential treatment of his company's vessel manifest information...

On The Demise Of China Manufacturing....Kidding. Part II

Posted on June 16, 2010
For the only barely related part I of this post, go here. I just got back from a very long and very fruitful trip to Tokyo. I was there with co-blogger Steve on behalf of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, assisting with the trial of anti-whaling activist Peter Bethune...

The Nightmare Of China Retail. It's All Good. And Damn Hot.

Posted on June 15, 2010
I have a client/friend going into China retail in a BIG BIG way. I wish I could be more descriptive of what he and his company are doing, but about all I can tell you is the following:1. His company is moving faster than I have ever seen a company move...

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