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Sanlu's Lessons For Foreign Managers In China....Because Jail Is Probably Not Where You Want To Be.

Posted on February 09, 2009
By: Steve Dickinson The China Economic Review recently published this column by CLB's own Steve Dickinson, entitled, "Foreign Managers Are Not Above the Law." [subscription presently required] It bears mentioning that Steve wrote this article in China (where he lives and works) before the news of the Peanut Corporation of America's salmonella outbreak in the US...

China Law For Foreigners. Slip Sliding Away.

Posted on February 06, 2009
For the last few years, one of the main themes of this blog has been how China has and will continue to increase its enforcement of its commercial laws, particularly as they apply to foreigners. We have written about the increase in crackdowns on those in China without the proper visa, about closing of unregistered businesses, the need to comply with the Labor Contract Law, and a stepping up of environmental enforcement...

Which China City Is Best for Mordachai?

Posted on February 04, 2009
Got a somewhat weird email today, but it makes sense, on some level, so here goes: Dear Mr. Harris: A question you may want to answer on your blog: If you were 25 again -- crisp J.D. in hand but, alas, no job -- which city in China would you move to? You've noted that there's more to China than Beijing and Shanghai but I was wondering where you thought the future was located...

The Cities Of China. China's Cities. Metropolises In China.

Posted on February 03, 2009
Well you get the point. The Little Red Book (a pretty cool new blog on advertising in China) recently did a series of posts nicely setting out various mostly marketing type facts/statistics on some key China cities. So far, they have done "snapshots" of Xi'an, Wuhan, Tianjin, Shenyang, Shanghai, Nanjing, Jinan, Hangzhou, and Guangzhou...

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Doing Business In China Director's Conference. Beijing And Shanghai, March 28 Through April 3.

Posted on February 02, 2009
Global Navigation, a peer to peer resource for boards of directors of multinational corporations and an affiliate of Corporate Board Member magazine, is putting on a seminar on board-related issues involving China. Its agenda and the speakers are absolutely first rate and I plan to attend...

The Death And Birth Of China Factories.

Posted on January 31, 2009
Loretta Chao and Andrew Batson of the Wall Street Journal have written an excellent piece on what is going on these days with China factories. The article is entitled, "China's Small Factories Struggle," and it is about factories closing, factories changing to meet changing demand, and about factories starting up...

WTO China Piracy Ruling: It Ain't Worth A Thing....

Posted on January 30, 2009
Forbes Magazine (which, BTW, does a consistently excellent job in covering China) has a new and interesting article out, entitled, "U.S. Talks Up WTO Piracy Ruling, But It's All Wind" and subtitled, "Washington claims that the trade body took its side in a suit against China, yet the decision will not halt intellectual property theft...

USTR Report On China's WTO Compliance. This Is What The Damn Thing Says.

Posted on January 27, 2009
The other day I did a post on the United States Trade Representative Office's (USTR) release of its report on China's compliance with World Trade Organization (WTO) rules. The report is a daunting 115 pages and at the time we wrote about it, in our post entitled, "USTR Releases Its Report On China's WTO Compliance...

Ox, Shmox, It's Gonna Be A Pox. Why I Have No Faith In Chinese Real Estate For 2009.

Posted on January 27, 2009
First, let me get my biases/perspectives out on the table. I am a lawyer. What this means is that no matter how much the media may tout me as riding some sort of second wave (check out this super-cool article!), my training compels me to look at everything with a jaundiced and conservative eye, particularly investments...

BREAKING NEWS: Obama Called Hu And Threw Geithner Under The China Bus.

Posted on January 27, 2009
Got this news from a very close friend of mine who is very high up in the media, very connected, and very reliable. All I can say is that we go way, way back and I trust him implicitly (though he would also not be above feeding me something like this to make a fool out of me so he can laugh about it for years afterward -- perhaps in revenge for the time I...

Obama And Geithner On China. Elecfion Hangover Or The Way Things Will Be?

Posted on January 25, 2009
James Fallows writes an interesting piece, entitled, "Broader point about Geithner, Obama, China, and 'manipulation'" setting out his concerns on how the Obama administration is treating/going to treat China. To summarize what Fallows says (and hey, if I am not summarizing it properly, go ahead and attribute it to me) is that Obama is clearly capable of nuance...

Hey Buddy Can You Spare A Yuan, Part III -- Is Micro-Finance China's Next BIG Thing?

Posted on January 25, 2009
A couple years ago, we wrote about small business and consumer lending in China, in posts entitled, "Hey Buddy, Can you Spare a Yuan? The Sorry State of SME and Consumer Lending in China." and "Hey Buddy, Can you Spare a Yuan, Part II -- The Sorry State of SME and Consumer Lending in China...

How To Get A China Visa. It Ain't Easy....

Posted on January 25, 2009
Post over at I Only Like China, entitled, "Visa troubles: trials, tribulations and tomfoolery," does a nice job comparing the various China visas and setting out the machinations one often has to go through to get one. In defense of China on this securing a United States visa is no easier/better...

Obama And Geithner On China. Election Hangover Or The Way Things Will Be?

Is Your China Business Recession Resistant? What Is?

Posted on January 24, 2009
One of the things I have always found fascinating is how macro economic issues can have such widely varying micro economic impacts. By this I mean that when an economy starts tanking, let's say 10%, the impact on individual businesses can be all over the map...

China Bribes And Transparency.... Or Why The FCPA Matters.

Posted on January 23, 2009
China Journal has an excellent interview with Alexandra A. Wrage, president of Trace International, a nonprofit group that works with corporations to reduce bribery as they do business abroad. The post is entitled, "Bribes and Transparency on Chinese Holidays: A Primer," and it sets out the basics of the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), and some of the most important things to do and to avoid to remain in compliance with it...

China Joint Ventures And The Hotel California Effect.

Posted on January 22, 2009
By way of explanation, here are the key lines from the Eagles' song, Hotel California: We are programmed to receive. You can checkout any time you like, But you can never leave! China Economics Blog used the term, Hotel California effect (borrowing from a scholarly article) to describe the problems foreigners so often have in getting their money out of China...

USTR Releases Its Report On China's WTO Compliance. Will Someone Please Read The Damn Thing?

Posted on January 21, 2009
Professor Clarke at the Chinese Law Prof Blog did a post linking over to the United States Trade Representative Office's just released report to Congress on China's compliance (and non-compliance) with its WTO obligations. It consists of 115 pages and Professor Clarke states that he has no comments because he has not read it yet...

Taking Depositions In China. It Can Be Done. Just Kidding.

Posted on January 19, 2009
Not sure how I missed this until now, but Experience Not Logic did an excellent series of posts on taking depositions in China, here, here, here, and here. The first post sets out the issue: Here's the scenario: you're a litigator preparing a case in the United States...

Tort Liability For China Counterfeit Goods?

Posted on January 19, 2009
Blogger Ryan McLaughlin (and my firm's webmaster) recently posted on media coverage of the death of his beloved Golden Retriever, believed to have been caused by a package of Optima dog food. Mars makes Optima dog food, but it does not ship it or sell it in China...

China's New Labor Law. On The Mat, But Not Down For The Count.

Posted on January 19, 2009
In early December, 2008, in "China's New Labor Contract Law. Harmonized Out Of Existence?" we wrote about hearing from clients how local officials were giving them broad hints that they would not be too tough on enforcing China's new Labor Contract Law, so long as those companies maintained their employment numbers...

China Cracking Down On Illegal Foreigners. Duh.

Posted on January 18, 2009
Twice last week I got calls from companies wanting to get legal in China. URGENTLY. One company is in Shandong province, the other is in Shanghai. Both have been operating illegally in China for years. I asked both "why now?" and they both gave essentially the same response: I want to register my business in China so I can work in China legally...

China: On Why To Stay Current On Your Rabies Shot

Posted on January 18, 2009
Tim Johnson, at the always interesting China Rises, recently wrote on the upsurge in rabies cases in China in a post entitled, "Rabies explodes in China." (h/t Time China Blog) Much of this increased incidence of rabies has been in Southern China. Are your rabies shots up to date?...

Chinese Drywall. If You Think That Is Bad.....Just Wait.

Posted on January 15, 2009
Absurdity, Allegory and China is doing an excellent job in covering the recent problems with Chinese drywall that have cropped up in Florida. AAC has done a series of posts on this issue, the most recent one, entitled, "Just Follow the Links," which, as its name implies, links over to the previous ones...

The Latest On Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) In China

Posted on January 13, 2009
The following is an outline of a talk co-blogger Steve Dickinson gave yesterday at The China Economic Review" forum on "Foreign Direct Investment in China: Optimizing FDI strategy in the current economic climate." UPDATE AND FORECAST OF REGULATORY FRAMEWORK FOR FDI IN CHINA I...

Trademarks In China. A Whole Lotta Ways To Go.

Posted on January 12, 2009
Foreign companies contemplating doing business in China are getting more sophisticated about the need to register their trademarks in China. I think. I say this because the number of companies contacting my firm who think the have a trademark in China simply by virtue of the fact that they may have one in Puducah has drastically declined...

China's Labor Laws. Worry Me Or Worry Me Not.

Posted on January 11, 2009
About a month ago, we did a post entitled, "China's New Labor Contract Law. Harmonized Out Of Existence?" In that post, we (I say we here because some of what I was reporting was coming to me from co-blogger Steve Dickinson who is based in China) talked about how local and provincial authorities were giving out broad hints that they were not going to be all that keen about strictly enforcing China's labor laws other...

How To Have A China Ready Supply Chain

Posted on January 10, 2009
The most recent issue of Supply & Demand Chain Executive Magazine has a really informative article by Steven Ganster on China. The article is entitled, "The China-ready Supply Chain: Key attributes to ensure a high degree of readiness for doing business well with China," and it does an excellent job setting out what foreign companies must be on the lookout for "doing business well with China and getting excellent performance from your supply chain...

China Law Blog As Flavor Of The Week

Posted on January 08, 2009
At the end of every year and the beginning of the new one, many (most?) blogs do a post extolling the previous year's posts, their own blog's longevity and/or ever increasing readership, and talking about how great it is to blog for such smart/astute/wonderful people, and why this blog is so different from all the other blogs out there...

A Shanghai Event: China FDI For 2009. January 13, 2009.

Posted on January 07, 2009
On January 13, from 2:00 pm until 6:00 pm, The China Economic Review will be putting on a seminar/forum, entitled, "Foreign Direct Investment in China: Optimizing FDI strategy in the current economic climate." Do NOT miss it. China Economic Review describes it as follows: Foreign Direct Investment has always been a major contributor to China?s economic development, but it?s fallen for the first time...

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