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China's Service Sector Will Reign, Part XVIII -- WWE And Skimpy Bikinis.

Posted on October 01, 2008
Sex sells. anonymous Sex and violence sells everywhere. Dan Harris Back when we first started this blog about three and a half years ago, I felt somewhat like a voice calling in the wilderness whenever we would tout how companies needed to look at China for more than just factories...

Vietnam Is The Next China. Only If You Completely Ignore Logistics.

Posted on October 01, 2008
Third Party Logistics News recently posted on how those considering Vietnamese manufacturing should look long and hard at Vietnam's logistics problems. The post is entitled, "Vietnam : Lack of logistics infrastructure = higher logistics costs," and it contains good advice for those considering Vietnam...

So You Want To Be An International (China) Lawyer? Part III

Posted on September 30, 2008
I am frequently emailed by college students, law students and even practitioners, seeking advice on what it takes to become an international lawyer. It seems the lawyer behind the Counterfeit Chic blog (an excellent blog, BTW) gets even more of these regarding "fashion law" and she gives answers in her post, entitled, "Fashion Law...

How To Handle Bad Product From Your China Supplier.

Posted on September 29, 2008
Very interesting post by David Dayton over at Silk Road International, entitled, "Recent Chinese Negotiation Tactics: Translated!" The post is on the responses (excuses?) Chinese companies give when Westerners complain to them about product quality. David handles sourcing and quality control for mostly Western companies doing business in Asia and his post focuses on dealing with these responses while still within a supplier/buyer relationship...

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Checking Out A Gory Car Accident. Can't Look Away. That's China Smack.

Posted on September 28, 2008
I admit it. I think I like China Smack. I know I drop by there every once in a while and though I often feel like taking a shower afterwards, I keep going back. Truth From Facts does a good job describing what China Smack is all about and, in doing so, explains its appeal: ChinaSMACK is one of my favorite new China blogs...

China Joint Ventures. Can Things Get Any Worse?

Posted on September 27, 2008
My 11 year old daughter is always asking me whether I can drive any slower. I usually respond to that by proving that I can. Seems almost as though China is now doing the same thing to me in response to my constantly harping on the dangers of China joint ventures? When I was just starting out as a lawyer, I negotiated what I thought was a great settlement for my client...

China's Brand New Labor Law Regulations. It's All Here.

Posted on September 24, 2008
This post was written by Andrew Grieve, who works with us on our Chinese employment law matters. The implementation regulations for the new Chinese Labor Contract Law were promulgated on September 3. When the draft regulations were issued earlier this year, we discussed some of the proposed changes (here), and despite having shrunk from 45 articles to 38, the content of the regulations remain relatively intact...

What Is Happening With China's Economy?

Posted on September 22, 2008
China Comment tells us, here. Problem is that what is happening right this minute may not be what happens next week. If the US bailout fails to occur or to stick, I fear we are all going down....

THE International Arbitration Center List.

Posted on September 22, 2008
Was given this by Constance Kim, Los Angeles lawyer extraordinaire, a few months ago and then forgot all about it. Came across it today and realized how helpful it would be to our readers to put this online, so here it is. This is the most comprehensive list of international arbitration centers I have seen...

China's Courts, Tenth "Best" Out of Twelve.

Posted on September 21, 2008
Just came across this article discussing a ranking of various Asian countries' judicial system, conducted by Political and Economic Risk Consultancy (PERC) (h/t to Silk Road International Blog): 1,537 corporate executives working in Asia rated the judicial systems in the countries where they reside, using such variables as the protection of intellectual property rights (IPR) and corruption...

McCain And Obama. None Of The Above.

Posted on September 20, 2008
A bit off topic here, but it is something I have been thinking about for months and it just will not go away. It is that neither McCain nor Obama are up to the task of leading our nation. The other day, a good sized group of us from all political persuasions were discussing Carly Fiorna's comment on how none of the four running for President or Vice President are qualified to be CEO of...

Research Guide To Hong Kong Law.

Posted on September 20, 2008
Sergio Stone, Foreign, Comparative and International Law Librarian at Stanford Law School, and Roy Sturgeon, Foreign and International Law Librarian at Touro Law Center and a contributing editor at the Law Librarian Blog, have come out with what appears to be an excellent guide to legal research on Hong Kong law...

Is China's Financial System Safe?

Posted on September 20, 2008
China Financial Markets Blog poses this question in its post, "Is China Safe?" Go there for both the post itself and for its long list of very thoughtful comments....

China Tourist Attractions

Posted on September 19, 2008
One of the things I truly love about blogging on China is the interesting people I meet. One of those is Eutak (Tak for short), a software guy from Singapore who spent many years working for Microsoft here in the Pacific Northwest and then in Beijing...

Trademark Protection In The Global Marketplace

Posted on September 18, 2008
This article was written by my friend, Brian Geoghegan, who describes himself as having "practiced trademark and copyright law since graduating in 1985 from the University of California at Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall). In 2003, he finally left behind the megafirm lifestyle and founded GeoMark, a boutique trademark and copyright law firm...

China Joint Ventures And Really Bad Milk. What Can You Do?

Posted on September 17, 2008
CLB's own Steve Dickinson was interviewed today by New Zealand newspaper, The Dominion Post, regarding Sanlu melamine tainted milk, in an article entitled, "What Fonterra Didn't Know." Some facts first. Wikipedia tells us this about Fonterra: Fonterra Co-operative Group Ltd (NZX: FCGHA), generally known as Fonterra, is New Zealand's largest company by turnover...

Breaking News: CLB's Steve Dickinson On Bloomberg's "Asia Business Tonight" At 6:20 PM, China Time.

Posted on September 17, 2008
CLB's own Steve Dickinson will be appearing live (from Qingdao, China) on Bloomberg's "Asia Business Tonight," tonight (Thursday) at 6:20 pm, China time. This translates to Thursday at 10:20 GMT, Thursday at 6:20 am, EST, Thursday at 3:20 am PST and Thursday 11:20 am, London time...

Melamine In China Baby Milk Powder -- Whoops Sorry.

Posted on September 16, 2008
ImageThief is just out with a great post on the Sanlu melamine crisis. The post does an amazing job giving a history of China's food safety problems, dissecting the current one, and discussing in real world terms Fonterra (the New Zealand company involved in a joint venture with Sanlu) has handled it, and how Fonterra should have handled it...

China Baby Formula. Here We Go Again.

Posted on September 15, 2008
Whenever there is a big food safety scandal, two things happen. Companies start calling us asking if we can protect them from such problems (we can improve their odds but nothing is guaranteed) and the press starts calling us with questions as to what went wrong...

The Impact Of China's Labor Contract Law.

Posted on September 15, 2008
By: Dan Harris and Brad Luo It has been a little over eight months since China enacted its groundbreaking new Labor Contract Law (?LCL?), which is just enough time to preliminarily assess its impact. The LCL has already greatly impacted employee treatment in China and greatly impacted how Chinese employees view their rights...

McCain And Obama On China. In Their Own Words. BIG YAWN!

Posted on September 14, 2008
I bring this to our readers as a public service, along with the warning that if you read either one while lying down, odds are you will fall asleep before you get to the second one. Anyway, I give you McCain and Obama, in their own words, on China, written for AmCham...

China Sales Contracts. Do You Know Where Your Law Is?

Posted on September 12, 2008
Will Lewis over at Experience Not Logic (ENL) does an excellent job explaining a somewhat difficult but important legal concept in the international sale of goods. The concept is choice of law and the point of ENL's post, entitled, "Sales To and From China...

Obama/McCain -- The Foreign Policy Differences.

Posted on September 10, 2008
Leave it to Fouad Ajami to put out the best article I have yet seen on the differences between McCain and Obama on foreign policy. Entitled, "The Foreign Policy Difference," it makes no claim as to which foreign policy framework is better, nor do I, but if you want to get to the heart of the very different ways in which McCain and Obama see America's role in the world, you should read this article...

Do You Know How Many China Employees You Have? I'll Raise You One.

Posted on September 10, 2008
The other day I was searching for an email from a client named "Joe" and I came across another Joe from whom I had not heard in quite a while. So I shot the other Joe an email to ask him how his China business was going and he replied to me today by saying he was operating it in "stealth" mode but that it was going well...

Chinese Multiculturalism. Is Skin Color The Determinant?

Posted on September 10, 2008
The Useless Tree has a very long, very thoughtful post on what constitutes Chinese and where China is going in terms of becoming a multicultural society. The post is entitled, "Can A Black Man Become Chinese?" and it is well worth a read....

How To Dodge The Bullets Of Opening A School In China

Posted on September 07, 2008
The Middle Kingdom Life Blog (an absolute must read for anyone thinking of doing anything education related in China) has a two part series on what it takes for foreigners to open a school in China. (h/t to China Journal) This quote from a foreign school owner, cited at the beginning of the first part of the series, sums it up: "If I had known what I was in for, I would have instead shot...

China Court Dismisses First Anti-monopoly Case. That Figures.

Posted on September 07, 2008
Xinhua story out today on how "The No. 1 Intermediate People's Court of Beijing on Thursday rejected an anti-monopoly case considered the first of its kind in China." (h/t to Zhongguofalu) The court dismissed the case on "procedural" grounds. It appears the ruling was based on the plaintiffs' having delayed their filing, even though the alleged wrongdoing continues...

Must Read China Post. It's So Hard To Be A Saint In The City.

Posted on September 07, 2008
You have to check out Danwei's post, entitled, "It's not easy for a migrant worker in the legislature." I don't even want to tell you what it is about, because I see it being about so many things, some of which go well beyond China. You just will have to trust me that this is a must read...

Ultimate China Sourcing Guide, Part I. AND Part II.

Posted on September 06, 2008
Bizcult just did a very good post setting forth the basics of how to find a China supplier. The post, entitled, "Ultimate China Sourcing Guide, Part I," very nicely analyzes the pros and cons of finding suppliers through trade fairs, online, search engines, and trade associations...

China For Business Goes Beyond Beijing And Shanghai.

Posted on September 04, 2008
China Business Blog just did a post on China's best cities for foreign business, appropriately entitled, "New Cities On The Block." The post starts out discussing a recent Forbes Magazine ranking that sets out China's "Best Places in China for Business," as follows: 1...

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