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Tainted China Milk Ends Up In The US. In The Courts, Anyway.

Posted on October 24, 2008
China Hearsay (welcome back, Stan!) just posted on how parents of some Chinese children who "died or became ill after drinking infant milk formula contaminated with melamine say they will sue a subsidiary of a Chinese milk powder manufacturer based in the U...

How To Pay Your Chinese Supplier.

Posted on October 21, 2008
In its post, "Paying your Chinese Supplier ? Know your payment terms and options in advance," SourceJuice does a yeoman like job setting out the various options for paying a Chinese supplier. The post explains the following options, and describes the risks of each: -- Advance, Cash in Advance or Cash Advance ? these are known as payment in advance terms -- Telegraphic Transfer, Telex Transfer, Bank Wire Transfers ? these are known as T/T...

Caijing on China's Economy. Not Too Hot, Not Too Cold.

Posted on October 21, 2008
Tom Orlik, a very thoughtful freelance journalist based in Shanghai, with a real bent for finance and economics, was kind enough to send me his translation of a recent Caijing (probably China's best business magazines) article on China's economy. I liked the anlysis so much, I am running Tom's translation in full, below: China's GDP growth for 3Q08 came in at 9% yoy, down significantly from 10...

China's Courts And Tainted Milk. Never The Twain Shall Meet?

Posted on October 21, 2008
This New York Times article does as good a job of any at setting out the issues China is facing in deciding whether to allow milk taint victims to pursue their claims in court. The article is, somewhat wrongly entitled, "Courts Compound Pain of China's Tainted Milk...

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China Reductions In Force (RIFs). A Warped View.

Posted on October 20, 2008
One of the problems with being a lawyer is that we oftentimes only see or hear about things when they are a problem. This can give us a somewhat warped view on things, but so be it. So when I say that terminating your Chinese employee will lead to problems 100% of the time, you need to take it with a grain of salt...

Vietnam Is The Next China, Part II. Only If You Completely Ignore Political Stability.

Posted on October 20, 2008
Long-time client, a manufacturer of small steel products, has for months been "threatening" to move his factory to Vietnam, either to replace an existing factory in China or as an adjunct. Company was unhappy with China's increasing taxes and labor rates...

China Logistics. It's ALL Here.

Posted on October 20, 2008
Richard Brubaker over at All Roads Lead to China just loves logistics. I don't love it, but I respect its importance. Anyway, Rich has taken to listing out and linking to the important China related logistics stories every week, and I see that as such an important task that I am going to take to linking over to Rich's blog every time he does that...

How To Fail In China Business.

Posted on October 20, 2008
I like this list from the hitherto unknown (to me anyway) Lessons from the Road blog. The post is entitled, "The top 10 ways to keep from selling in China (or anywhere else)" and it is rife with common sense that applies to doing any sort of business internationally...

How To Globally (And In China) Protect Your Trademark

Posted on October 19, 2008
Now I know I am always writing on protecting trademarks in China, but that is because I have seen far too many companies make the mistake of believing they do not need to register their trademark in China either because they have registered it in the United States or because they are "just" manufacturing their product in China, not selling it there...

China's Troubled Food And Drug Trade.

Posted on October 19, 2008
Absolutely excellent article on the Council for Foreign Relations website on China food and drug safety. The article is entitled, "China's Troubled Food and Drug Trade" and it does a superb job explaining the food safety issues surrounding China food and drugs...

Searching For China Innovation. Don't Go Looking In Federal Way.

Posted on October 19, 2008
David Wolf of Silicon Hutong has a very thoughtful post up on innovation in China. The post is entitled "Searching for China's Soul of innovation," and it nicely takes us through China's interrupted history of innovation and posits whether China will become a great innovator again, what it might take for that to happen, and what that might mean if it does...

Go To China. It's Better Than It Seems.

Posted on October 18, 2008
I am just so glad James Fallows is writing about China. One hundred years from now, when the West is looking at why China is where it is, historians will read Fallows. In the most recent issue of Atlantic Monthly, in an article entitled, "Their Own Worst Enemy," Fallows does a great job explaining the disconnect between how the West sees China and how it really is...

China Law. Hong Kong Law. One Of These Things Is Not Like The Other.

Posted on October 18, 2008
IP wunderkind Danny Friedmann at IP Dragon does a very nice job laying out the primary differences between Hong Kong law and Mainland China law in his post, "How do the People?s Republic of China and Hong Kong relate to each other regarding IPRs." The super-quick summary is as follows: 1...

Sushi, Asian Innovation, QQ, And The Digital Silk Road.

Posted on October 17, 2008
Benjamin Joffe of Plus Eight Star has put up his Powerpoint presentation from the recently completed OpenWebAsia08 conference in Seoul. The Powerpoint is entitled, "Collaboration Beyond Culture" and it is on innovation in Asia and the tendency of the West to ignore it, at its own peril...

Business Bankruptcy In China. The Five Fold Path.

Posted on October 16, 2008
Will Lewis at Experience Not Logic dissects an Economist article to come up with four methods failing businesses in China employ when faced with having to shut down their business: 1. Informal Agreements With Employees and the Government. Work out an agreement with your employees and the relevant governmental bodies to allow you to shut down...

China Business. I FEEL "The Second Wave."

Posted on October 15, 2008
As a lawyer, I usually deal in facts, not feelings, but I've been pontificating about a feeling for the last few weeks, based mostly on an accumulation of facts and past experiences. The feeling I am getting is that Chinese companies are getting more sophisticated/businesslike/global...

Land Reform. It's A Coming. Sort Of?

Posted on October 14, 2008
Not sure why the huge interest in this subject, but I have probably received more emails/comments asking if I am going to write about this than probably anything else ever. The "this" is China's expected changes to rural land laws. I was going to write about it after speaking with some of our food business clients who work with China, but I figure doing so now will stop the emails, so here goes...

How The Downturn Will Impact China Internet Business.

Posted on October 13, 2008
In a post at Ogilvy China Digital Watch, entitled, "David Wolf?s take on how the downturn will impact China?s Internet sector," Kaiser Kuo discusses a recent talk he had this with David Wolf of Silicon Hutong on this very subject. Not saying this makes their assessment flawless, but Kuo and Wolf are two of the most knowledgeable people out there on China's internet so when they talk, I listen...

China Real Estate. Newsweek Says It's All Good.

Posted on October 13, 2008
One of the advantages to living in a city without a decent newspaper is that until only a few weeks ago, virtually every article on local real estate would quote a local realtor talking about how the market is fine and how now is the time to buy a house...

What's New With China's Consumers

Posted on October 13, 2008
McKinsey is just out with a new and very comprehensive survey and analysis of the Chinese consumer, entitled, "What's new with the Chinese consumer" (free registration required). Its subtitle is that "It?s hard for brand managers to keep pace with the shifting attitudes of Chinese consumers...

Shanghai's Maglev In Real Time

Posted on October 12, 2008
The fastest I have ever gone on ground was in the Shanghai Maglev. It really is pretty amazing to be going past cars on a highway as though the cars are standing still. In its post, "Ride with me on the Shanghai Maglev," the Little Red Blog, shows us video of a Shanghai Maglev ride...

China's Service Sector Will Reign, Part XIX -- NBA In Full Court Press

Posted on October 12, 2008
Since this is number 19 of this series, it should be pretty obvious by now that I am strongly of the view that China is ripe for foreign service businesses. Yesterday's New York Times has an interesting story, entitled, "N.B.A. and Partner to Help Build 12 Arenas in China," on how National Basketball Association (NBA) and AEG Worldwide are teaming up to design and build "at least a dozen arenas in China...

Pollution In China's Cities. The Good, The Bad, The Ugly, The Feng Shui Factor, And What's Wrong With Yantai?

Posted on October 11, 2008
China Environmental Law Blog just did a post, entitled, "China's Blacklisted Cities," on a recently released environmental report from China's Ministry of Environmental Protection. The report calls out the following cities for their pollution problems: Bad Air: * Bayannur and Ulanqab, Inner Mongolia * Baiyin, Gansu * Urumqi, Xinjiang * Huanggang, Hubei Bad Water: * Hengshui and Cangzhou, Hebei * Linfen, Shanxi * Fuyang, Anhui * Tongchuan, Shaanxi * Wuwei, Gansu The report lists the...

The "New" American In China.

Posted on October 09, 2008
Very interesting article in Esquire Magazine, entitled, "The New American" and subtitled, "Young entrepreneurial Americans are doing something they have not done much before. They are leaving. And even more than our government, our military, or our movies, they are expanding American influence in the world...

Asia's (China) Seven Supply Chain Challenges

Posted on October 09, 2008
Asia Logistics Wrap is on part two of a very thoughtful seven part series on Asian supply chain challenges. For those involved in moving products into, within, or out of Asia, I strongly urge you to start reading this series. Part I is here and Part II is here...

The Ten Warning Signs Of A Bad China Deal

Posted on October 05, 2008
The always excellent (but far too infrequent) Chinese Negotiation Blog recently posted on ten warning signs of an impending bad China deal in a post entitled, "Negotiating in China Can Get Complicated Fast." The post starts out stating two important and fairly obvious (though too often ignored) truths: -- Many westerners who enter into a negotiation with a Chinese counter-party are so sensitive to cultural and interpersonal issues that they lose sight of business issues...

China's New Investment Rules. Second Tier Is First Rate And The Service Sector Shall Reign.

Posted on October 05, 2008
Paul Denlinger over at China Vortex has a good post up on where to invest in China going forward. The post is entitled, "The New Investment Rules For China," and it sets out the following seven rules for China investing: 1. "Avoid Shanghai and Beijing...

I Heart Henry Paulson. China Is His Thing.

Posted on October 05, 2008
Not for anything he has said or done on the bailout, on which even those of us who agree it was necessary cannot truly be happy about. No, I like him for his opinions on what the United States must do in terms of its relations with China. Paulson just came out with a very thoughtful piece in Foreign Affairs Magazine, entitled, "A Strategic Economic Engagement: Strengthening U...

What's Gonna Happen To China's Economy? I Dunno.

Posted on October 03, 2008
I am not a fan of economic predictions, mostly because they are virtually always slanted towards what is happening right now and also because they are wrong at least as often as they are right. I still find occasionally find them interesting and there is an interesting analysis of China's economy over at the 3q2u Blog, entitled, "What's happening in China's economy?" The post does a nice job analyzing what is driving China's economy right...

Shanghai To Replace New York As World's Financial Center. I Don't Think So.

Posted on October 01, 2008
Interesting Washington Post article by Ariana Cha, on how Shanghai might eventually replace New York as a world financial center. The article is entitled, "Financial Hubs See an Opening Up at the Top: Wall Street's Long, Dominant Run Is Fading, Global Financiers Say," and it talks about how Wall Street is falling and others are rising, and it devotes much of its ink to Shanghai...

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