Is China Going Green, Part XIII -- Clean Up Or Close Up. Well Sort Of.
Just came across a very interesting and informative article in the China Business Review (a really good publication put out by the US-China Business Council) that nicely sets out China's environmental laws, China's increasing enforcement of those laws, and, most importantly, what foreign companies in China should be doing to stay on the right side of those laws. The article is by Charles R. McElwee II (I always thought seconds were juniors, but what do I know?), an attorney with Squire Sanders, and it is entitled "Who's Cleaning Up This Mess?"
It is well worth a read.
UPDATE: Just received a very nice email from Mr. McElwee, with the following explanation of his name: "As I understand it (and Lord knows I've never looked it up- where would you look it up?) "II" indicates that you are named after your grandfather rather than your father. Having said that I am not not named after my grandfather, but my father. My parents were concerned that if I was designated as "Jr." people would call me "Junior" (a distinct possibility in West Virginia where I grew up) so they designated me the "II." So there you have it."
http://www.chinalawblog.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-t.cgi/2411
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Ultimately, the weak link are the ground level inspectors whose salaries are so low that they demand bribes out of necessity, not greed. And they are so powerless and unprotected that they are subject to the whims of local bosses with their and their families' lives literally in the balance.
Posted by: nanheyangrouchuan | February 7, 2008 11:38 PM