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Clean Energy Guide To China

Posted on July 22, 2008
The US Department of Commerce just came out with a 113 page online pdf report entitled, "Clean Energy, An Exporter's Guide to China. " (h/t to AmCham-China Daily) The Department of Commerce summarizes its report as follows: Energy demand in China is growing, and it is predicted that China will surpass the United States as the largest energy consumer soon after 2010...

Five Deserted Island China Blogs -- Just The Essentials, Ma'am.

Posted on July 21, 2008
Maybe I have been watching too much Lost (all that remains is the Season 4 finale), but in response to a barrage of demand (one email suggestion around a year ago), I have decided it is time I come out with my list of the five China blogs I would want to be able to read were I to be stranded on a deserted island for the next year or two...

How Business In China Gets Done.

Posted on July 21, 2008
For those who have never conducted business with China, this post will sound very strange, perhaps even unbelievable. For those who have conducted business with China, this post likely induce feelings of déjà vu. Either way, it is well worth a read because I can all but guarantee (and if I were not a lawyer, I would guarantee) every word is true, no matter how strange it all seems...

China's Olympics. Security Trumps Fun. Why Oh Why?

Posted on July 20, 2008
Excellent Washington Post article on how China's increased security (including executions) may end up taking the "fun" out of the Olympics. The article is entitled, "Across China, Security Instead Of Celebration: Police Crack Down on 'Hostile Forces,' Apply New Safety Measures...

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The People's Republic Of Capitalism. But I Digress.

Posted on July 19, 2008
Excellent post over at the inside-out China blog on Ted Koppel's recently completed Discovery Channel show, "The People's Republic of Capitalism." The post really shines in analyzing the views of some of the Chinese nationals who spoke during the series and how those views fit in with China's history...

Promising China Blog: Mei-Zhong Guan-Xi

Posted on July 18, 2008
Just came across a very interesting new blog, entitled, Mei-Zhong Guan-Xi (h/t to Danwei), which accurately describes itself as follows: Analysis and translations published by an American living in Shanghai. The goal of this site is twofold. First, through translations, allow non-Chinese speakers access to editorials in China?s domestic media in order to increase understanding of the Chinese viewpoint...

The Rules Every Foreigner Entering, Exiting Or Staying In China Must Know.

Posted on July 18, 2008
HR in China has come out with an English language translation of the "Legal Guidelines For Foreigners Entering, Exiting, and Staying in China During the Olympics." and my firm's China based staff has, after a five minute review, decreed it "fairly accurate...

F-ck China Culture Lessons. Give Me Anthony Bourdain With No Reservations.

Posted on July 16, 2008
Tips to Build and Manage a Guanxi Network The best way to strengthen a guanxi network is to stay connected. Send small gifts or ask for small favors to keep a relationship active. Host an occasional get-together. Remember the major Chinese holidays and send greetings...

Take That Funky Passport With You White Boy

Posted on July 14, 2008
One of the things I always want to know about every foreign country to which I travel is whether I should keep my passport on my person at all times. Until around six months ago, I would have said no need regarding China, unless you are travelling between cities...

China Pre-Olympic Shutdowns. No Juice = No Product.

Posted on July 13, 2008
An auto parts client called me today regarding a deal on which we are working, but quickly got off the line and did not call me back for another hour or so. He apologized and then explained. On Friday, "all" factories in Shandong province (China's second richest and second most populous province) were told to close for two to three days each week until after the Olympics...

You Saw Me Do What? Privacy In China.

Posted on July 12, 2008
Two interesting articles just out on privacy in China. One, a Seoul Times article written by US trained attorney, Yuho Kim, entitled, "Data Security, Privacy in Asia," nicely compares the privacy laws of Korea, China, and Japan. The other, a Forbes article, entitled, "Who Will Be Watching You In Beijing?" discusses some of the ways China spies on foreigners and what can be done to minimize the repercussions of that...

China Corruption By The Numbers. With Your Help, Coming Soon To An Internet Near You.

Posted on July 11, 2008
Received an email the other day from TRACE International asking us to plug their excellent BRIBEline website that seeks to document global corruption. The website records anonymous reporting of bribe demands: Bribeline is a secure, multi-lingual website through which companies and individuals can anonymously report the bribe demands they receive...

Staying With Friends In China: You Have 24 Hours Or You Are On The Lam.

Posted on July 09, 2008
AmCham-China Daily (whom I am happy to plug because they gave me two pretty cool t-shirts) just did a post, not so grippingly entitled, "Advisory to foreign employees from chamber member company." The advisory is on the need for foreigners to register with the police within 24 hours of their arrival in China, if they are not staying in a hotel...

How To Get From Airport To Town In Beijing

Posted on July 07, 2008
There are two kinds of people. Those who enjoy figuring out exactly how to get from one place to another and those who just want to know how best to get from one place to the other. David Feng of CNReviews is of the far rarer first category and he just did a post, entitled, "Beijing Capital International Airport Express(way) Guide (PEK)," setting forth how to "get from A to B ? in this case,...

Who Is Chinese? Who Is Not?

Posted on July 07, 2008
Fascinating discussion over at Blogging for China on what makes one Chinese. Post is entitled, "What Does it Mean to be Chinese," and it and its 161+ comments, unflinchingly address what is required to be Chinese....

China: The People's Republic Of Capitalism

Posted on July 06, 2008
Beginning Wednesday, July 9, and for four straight nights, the Discovery Channel will be running Ted Koppel's "People's Republic of Capitalism." The series will focus on China's economic growth and what this means for the United States. Much of the filiming is in Chongqing...

The CCP And China's Courts. The World Is Getting Darker.

Posted on July 06, 2008
Dr. Willy Lam of the Jamestown Foundation just came out with an extremely incisive and disconcerting article on the increasing politicization of China's courts. The article is entitled, "The CCP Strengthens Control over the Judiciary," and to grossly summarize, it very convincingly argues that Hu Jintao is moving to ensure even greater political control over China's judicial system...

Putting The China Labor Law Cart Before The Horse

Posted on July 05, 2008
Every month or so, a client comes to me in a panic with a "brilliant" idea for avoiding some short term problem. Examples abound: 1. One company with revenues of about $200 million a year was being sued for around $2 million by a hated competitor. The brilliant idea was to shut down the business during the slow season and reopen it as an entirely new business a month later, presumably rendering the first business...

China Versus India Versus Vietnam At A Gut Level

Posted on July 05, 2008
Interesting post on This is China, entitled, "My Beer With Andre," documenting a conversation with a Fortune 500 CEO who "had just made the rounds through" China, Vietnam and India "to gain impressions of the investment environments of the countries." As This is China puts it, the CEO's "observations were gut-level, and not given to rigorous research methodologies; still, they have their uses...

How To Get What You Want From The Chinese Government, Part II. Make It Win-Win.

Posted on July 03, 2008
In The Subtle Art of Lobbying the Chinese Government , Alistair Nicholas of Off The Record posted on our post on how to lobby the Chinese government. Nicholas noted something very important I left out in my post. Our post focused on who to lobby and the logistics of lobbying, but it left out what to say to get the government to go along...

Foreign Businesses In China And Illegality Per Se

Posted on July 02, 2008
When I would judge mock trials at the University of Washington Law School. One of the things on which I always criticized the lawyers-to-be was for talking like a lawyer. I would ask if they described a guy getting out of a car as "a person descending from a vehicle" and before they started law school...

How To Get What You Want From The Chinese Government

Posted on July 01, 2008
Well, within limits. Bizcult has an interesting post up on the basics of lobbying the Chinese government. The post is entitled, "How to Lobby the Chinese Government," and it is based on Scott Kennedy's book The Business of Lobbying in China. According to Kennedy, Chinese policy arises from three things: 1) bargaining between elite politicians and various bureaucracies, 2) expertise provided by intellectuals that include economists, lawyers and researchers in government-sponsored research institutes, 3) National...

China's New Labor Law: Results Still To Be Determined

Posted on June 30, 2008
Yale Online just came out with a very thorough and objective article on China's new labor law. The article, entitled, "An Uncertain Victory for China?s Workers," is written by Lyle Morris, of China Economist Magazine. This article gives sets forth a very plausible analysis of the cost impact of the new law: Karen Lin, a senior fund manager at Paradigm Asset Management Co...

How To Get What You Want From The Chinese Government

Posted on June 30, 2008
Well, within limits. Bizcult has an interesting post up on the basics of lobbying the Chinese government. The post is entitled, "How to Lobby the Chinese Government," and it is based on Scott Kennedy's book The Business of Lobbying in China. According to Kennedy, Chinese policy arises from three things: 1) bargaining between elite politicians and various bureaucracies, 2) expertise provided by intellectuals that include economists, lawyers and researchers in government-sponsored research institutes, 3) National...

Everything You Wanted To Know Nuclear Power In China

Posted on June 28, 2008
Or "nucular," as President Bush calls it. China Comment (an excellent, relatively new blog) did a pretty amazing post, entitled, "China's Nuclear Power," detailing (and that is the right word) China's nuclear power industry. If you want to know about nuclear power in China, I recommend you read it...

Everything You Wanted To Know About Nuclear Power In China

Piss Off China To Please Europe

Posted on June 27, 2008
Blogging for China asks a great question in its post, "Is Fiat Too Clever?" The question posed is whether Fiat used Richard Gere (of acting and T1b*t fame) in its ad to garner publicity and EU love? All seems very plausible to me, except might not Fiat's apology itself engender EU anger? What do you think? Fiat's Gere ad, marketing genius or just plain stupid?...

China Real Estate. Does What Goes Around Come Around?

Posted on June 26, 2008
When China's real estate market started heating up a few years ago, Beijing tightened the rules for foreigners buying property. I just read an interesting and quite convincing article, entitled, "Shrinking House Sales and the Fear of 'Deep Adjustment' Across China," the thesis of which is that the value of residential real property in China is declining and the tea leaves say it may well start tanking even more soon...

China's Service Sector Will Reign, Part XVII -- Pets, I Say.

Posted on June 26, 2008
"Dealing with the animals was always fun, but I could no longer stand dealing with their owners." --- Explanation for retiring given to me by a retired veterinarian I know Back when we first started this blog nearly three years ago, I felt somewhat like a voice calling in the wilderness whenever we would tout how companies needed to look at China as more than just factories...

On Getting Your China Cargo/Freight/Product

Posted on June 26, 2008
DHL just came out with its 4th (and probably most important) volume in its "Olympics Memo And Contingency Plan." (h/t to All Roads Lead to China). This memo does an absolutely amazing job of listing out the rules and changes applicable to cargo and freight and automobiles and trucks and ports and traffic and airports and polluting factories arising out of or relating to the Olympics...

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