International Law

Xinjiang, China, As A Place To Go.

By Dan

For years now, Beijing has been doing its darndest to encourage foreign investment in Xinjiang and for years now, it seems very little of that has been happening. My firm did some work for a German food company that was buying product from there and for an oil services equipment company that was supplying product to there and I came "this close" to going to Urumqi for a couple of depositions in a case that settled only weeks before the depositions were to occur, but that is it. i can tell you though that if you ever need to conduct a deposition in Urumqi and have it filmed and broadcast over the internet, the Sheraton there seems to be the place for that.

Though near as I can tell not much is happening in Xinjiang for business, it is (or at least it was) a fairly prime tourist destination. If you are planning to go there for any reason, you should check out the FarWestChina Xinjiang blog which just came out with a really good post, entitled, "FarWestChina Xinjiang Travel Resources," setting out a host of excellent links for those travelling to Xinjiang.  

Urumqi is actually the answer to one of my favorite trivia questions; what is the most remote city from any sea in the world (per the Guinness Book of Records)?  

Any of you done any business in Xinjiang.  

Full post as published by China Law Blog on August 16, 2010 (boomark / email).