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China's Economy: The Gloom And Doom Version

Posted on August 13, 2008
As regular readers well know, I am not a big fan of predictions regarding China or its economy. Their overall accuracy is too low. But I am linking over to one now, entitled, "Chinese and Starbucks Late Stage Growth Obesity," for two reasons. First, I know the author, Vitaliy Katsenelson, and he is one smart dude...

China IP: Neither Hong Kong Nor Macau Need Apply.

Posted on August 12, 2008
Interesting post over at China Business Law on registering IP in Macau, got me to thinking of a company who came to me last year for assistance in pursuing trademark infringement litigation in China. As I always do in these situations, I first asked this company was whether it had actually registered its trademark in China...

Li Ning As China Law Metaphor

Posted on August 11, 2008
Is it the Shoes? Is it the Shoes? Is it the Shoes? ... it's gotta be the SHOES!" -- Mars Blackmon, from Spike Lee's 1986 film, "She's Gotta Have It" Adidas pays around $80 million to be a sponsor of the Olympics and Li Ning gets to carry in the torch, figuratively burning much of that $80 million...

China Olympics: The Opening Ceremony. I Wasn't Gonna Do It.

Posted on August 09, 2008
I wasn't going to do it, I swear. I had told myself not to say anything about the Olympics, figuring all those who are interested could watch it themselves, but Brendan O'Kane's post on it is just too damn funny and snarky (I am using that word for the first time on here just to seem hip) to pass up...

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Is China Going Green, Part XVI -- The Olympics Are Making Green The New Black.

Posted on August 09, 2008
About three years ago, I became convinced foreign environmental companies would thrive in China. But until only around six months ago, my firm's environmental clients seemed to have more regulatory problems in China than those in any other industry. Not sure why, but that seems to have changed...

China As Full Grown Dragon. This Is The New Normal.

Posted on August 09, 2008
Kent Kedl over at China Business Blog and Podcast just posted a transcript of a recent podcast in which he discusses whether China has "become too expensive." The post is entitled, "China Too Expensive, It's Time to Recalibrate 'Normal'," and in it, Kedl gives the only smart answer to the question as to whether China has become too expensive: "it depends...

More Kudos To Bush On China. This Is What I'm Talkin' "Bout.

Posted on August 08, 2008
Yesterday, I did a brief post extolling President Bush's "deft handling" of China and the Olympics. Seems I am not the only blogger out there similarly impressed/surprised. In "US-China Relations: George W. Bush?s uncharacteristically nuanced approach," CnReview notes the same thing and does a great job highlighting and explaining Bush's recent speeches on the topic: President George W...

China's Ignorance Is Bliss.

Posted on August 07, 2008
Really excellent article by John Kamm over at the Washington Post, analyzing the reality behind the recent Pew Survey numbers on China. The article is entitled, "Blinded By the Firewall: Why the Chinese Think The World Loves China," and if you want to understand how China views itself and why, you should check it out...

Danone-Wahaha And Why You Need A Real Lawyer For China.

Posted on August 07, 2008
Brad Luo over at the China Business Law Blog just posted on a recent Chinese court decision in the never-ending conflict between Wahaha and Danone. The post is entitled ?Wahaha? Ain?t French, and It Belongs to China," and it once again shows why I earlier remarked on how "we love that dispute because within it lies just about every China business or business law issue one might confront...

Beijing: "Not My Father's Skyline"

Posted on August 07, 2008
Too damn funny to pass up: Today's Doonesbury on Beijing (h/t to Boulder2Beijing)...

Religion In China: The Glass Is Half Full. Bush On Foreign Policy: Even A Broken Clock....

Posted on August 07, 2008
Very well done blog post over at MNBC's World blog on the current state of religion in China. The post is entitled, "Exuberance at One of Beijing's State-Sponsored Churches," and it is well worth a read. UPDATE: Just came across this China Herald post with a very interesting video setting out how the glass is still half empty...

China US Relations. Fair And Balanced.

Posted on August 04, 2008
Howard French of the New York Times just came out with an exceedingly thoughtful and balanced piece on the progression of rights in China, entitled, "Despite Flaws, Rights in China Have Expanded." The content of the article tracks the title and it is well worth reading...

How To Cover The Olympics: A Reporter's Clich� Book.

Posted on August 02, 2008
Simon Elegant has a great post up over at the Time China Blog, entitled, "A Reporter's Guide To Covering The Olympics." The post is a tongue in cheek guide on how to hit every clich� when reporting on China. Sadly, much of it does read almost line for line of what passes for coverage in so many Western publications...

China Manufacturing: Go With The Smell

Posted on August 02, 2008
The China Business And Travel Blog has a post with some excellent tips on dealing with your China vendor. Entitled, "Vendor Evaluation (or You Can't Know Everything)," the post details a crisis in which the blogger, Blake, finds himself and then ends with what he has learned from the experience: Have a vendor management program and follow it...

China Manufacturing: Go With The Smell

Posted on August 01, 2008
The China Business And Travel Blog has a post with some excellent tips on dealing with your China vendor. Entitled, "Vendor Evaluation (or You Can't Know Everything), the post details a crisis in which the blogger, Blake, finds himself and then ends with what he has learned from the experience: Have a vendor management program and follow it...

Getting To Yes In China.

Posted on August 01, 2008
David Dayton from Silk Road International has published an excellent article on manufacturing in China, with eleven rules that "should be engraved on the forehead of every international purchase manager." I think many of the rules he lists have applicability, not only for manufacturing, but for all kinds of business conducted with and in China...

China's Food Business: What It Takes For Foreigners To Succeed.

Posted on July 31, 2008
China Business Blog and Podcast just did a post on a CNBC television appearance this morning by Technomic Asia's Steve Ganster. Because so many of my firm's clients are in the international food business and because I see China as a tremendous market for Western food companies, Steve's analysis is of particular interest to me...

China Law Database: Where It's At.

Posted on July 31, 2008
Forgotten Archipelogoes blog has a post setting out a whole slew of English and Chinese language Chinese law sites (h/t to Law Librarian Blog). I have been sending out the link to it in email responses to readers who have been asking me where they can find such and such law and I just realized I should put it up here as well...

China's New Anti Monopoly Law. A Post About Nothing Cause Nothing From Nothing Means Nothing.

Posted on July 30, 2008
We must not make a scarecrow of the law, Setting it up to fear the birds of prey, And let it keep one shape, till custom make it Their perch and not their terror. William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure My friend Stan Abrams over at China Hearsay posts on why he has not posted on China's new Anti-Monopoly law...

IOC And China Censorship: What A Kroc.

Posted on July 30, 2008
The opposite of love is not hate, it?s indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it?s indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it?s indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it?s indifference. Elie Wiesel When I was maybe 11 or 12, I read about Ray Kroc's founding of McDonalds...

China As Superpower. Yes Or No.

Posted on July 30, 2008
I am usually not interested in trying to divine whether or not China is going to become a superpower. My lack of interest stems both from the inherent vagueness of the term "superpower" and from the fact that all such predictions are based on today's facts, rather than on some supernatural ability to predict the future...

China And Asia Digital Innovation. C2C Means More Than Just Copy To China.

Posted on July 30, 2008
+8* blog (a consistently interesting Asia/China tech blog written by Benjamin Joffe) just posted on Asian internet and mobile companies seeking to go global. The post is entitled "From Asia to the world: going global in a digital world," and it describes what it will take for Asia to go "global in a digital world...

John Pomfret As China Basher? What Is A Superpower Anyway?

Posted on July 30, 2008
Did a post earlier today, entitled, "China As Superpower. Yes Or No" on a "debate" between John Pomfret and China Comment regarding whether or not China will become a superpower. Got a comment to that post from Mark Anthony Jones, author of the book, Flowing Waters Never Stale, that is too long and too well thought out to remain as a comment...

China Business Visas. Just When You Think It Can't Get Any Worse.

Posted on July 29, 2008
"Just when you think you've lost everything, you find out you can always lo-o-o-o-ose a little more," Bob Dylan, from "Trying to Get to Heaven (Before They Close the Door)" Financial Times is out with an article entitled, "China cuts business visas before the Olympics," detailing how Chinese business visas are going to be restricted even further for the next two months: Several of the main cities hosting the Olympics have said they will stop...

Wal-Mart Strikes Pay Deal With Chinese Union. China Law Blog Was There.

Posted on July 27, 2008
Interesting Forbes Magazine article, by Matthew Kirdahy, entitled, "Wal-Mart Strikes Pay Deal With Chinese Union." Article is on Wal-Mart's having reached wage agreements with China's official union, the All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) in Quanzhou, Shenyang and Shenzhen...

Has Your China Manufacturer Been Seized Today?

Posted on July 25, 2008
A loyal reader just emailed me an Outside Blog post regarding a China government decision that will have immediate ramifications for certain companies and should give at least some other companies a little pause. The post is entitled, "China Seizes Control Of Tent Manufacturers For Quake Aid," and it is on how "the Chinese government has seized control of all Chinese-owned tent factories and existing stock" to aid in earthquake relief...

Utter Idiots and Why the United States Will Not Boycott the Beijing Olympics. By Dan Harris

Posted on July 24, 2008
Okay, so I didn't really write this, but I have thought this so many times in my head that somehow my thoughts must have transferred nearly 1 to 1 to this post. The post is "Utter Idiots and Why the United States Will Not Boycott the Beijing Olympics" and with two very minor variations, it conveys my thinking, exactly...

Beijing Subway 101

Posted on July 24, 2008
Leave it to CNReviews to come out with a clearly written post on how to get around Beijing using Beijing's subway. The post is entitled, "Beijing Subway Guide: of Tickets and Faregates," and it does an excellent job setting out the dos and don'ts. If I might add one "do" of my own: do use the subway system as it is oftentimes the fastest way to get around: I truly cannot think of another city...

The Chinese Like Us. They Really Really Like Us.

Posted on July 24, 2008
There's a great scene in the movie Dumb and Dumber where Jim Carey is seeking a date with Lauren Holley: Carey: "What are my chances [of a date with you]?" Holley: "Not good." Carey: "You mean not good like one out of a hundred?" Holley: "I'd say more like one out of a million...

China's New Business Income Tax -- Online Seminar, August 7, 2008

Posted on July 23, 2008
Strafford Publications, which usually gets pretty good people for its online law seminars, is putting on one entitled, "China's New Business Income Tax: Shielding Non-China Income From the Expansive Enterprise Income Tax." (h/t to AsiaBizBlog) The seminar will take place on August 7 from 1 pm to 2:40 pm, EST...

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