Kevin Lehrer and Jonathan Allen, over at 5 Horizons Group, recently wrote an excellent newsletter article entitled, “Keep Operations Strong Amidst Global Challenges.” They graciously agreed to allow us to re-publish it here, with a few China Law Blog changes to make it more China-centric. Here goes: Without question, the consumer goods industry has been… Continue Reading
Monthly Archives: February 2009
The Business Side Of China Law Practice
Posted in Legal NewsGot an email the other day from Andrew P. Fennell, of Savills Property Services (Shenzhen) Limited, in which Andrew posed the following to me: I wanted to follow-up with a quick question and ask for your opinion on the operation of foreign law fims in China. If you’ve done a blog post on this before… Continue Reading
China’s Courts: “Populist Vehicle or Party Puppet?”
Posted in Recommended ReadingThe US-Asia Law Institute website has a webcast entitled, “China’s Changing Courts: Populist Vehicle or Party Puppet?” It features a truly stellar panel of China law scholars, including Prof. Ben Liebman of Columbia Law School, Prof. Xin “Frank” He of the City University of Hong Kong School of Law, Prof. Nicholas C. Howson of the… Continue Reading
SXSW @ M1NT Shanghai. February 28 at 9:00 pm.
Posted in EventsWhat a great excuse for a party! On February 28, from 9 pm until 11:30 pm at M1NT Shanghai The Chinese Business Network and Symbio will be putting on “an official pre-SXSW cocktail…to highlight China’s tech sector presence at SXSW Interactive Festival in Austin, TX in March.” This year at SXSW, beginning at 2pm on… Continue Reading
How To Recharge Your China Mobile Card
Posted in Recommended ReadingUnable to read either Mandarin or Chinglish well enough to recharge your China Mobile card? I recommend you read the China Ginger post, entitled, “How to recharge a China Mobile card in English,” with step by step instructions (in English) on how to do exactly that. If this does not work, you can do what… Continue Reading
Getting Your Consumer Product Into China.
Posted in China BusinessSilk Road International has an excellent post on importing consumer products into China. The post is entitled, “Q & A about Importing into China,” and it starts out discussing why importing Western product into China is so rife with opportunity. To grossly summarize, more and more Chinese will pay for the better quality and higher… Continue Reading
Did “Pure Fabrication” Move The Yuan Market?
Posted in China BusinessThe internet is abuzz with recent news that Chris Devonshire-Ellis of China Briefing may have influenced movement in the Yuan-Dollar conversion rate by what is being described by Chinese governmental authorities on the China Banking Regulatory Commission website as a “pure fabrication:” To summarize, China Briefing Magazine did a post claiming to have interviewed a… Continue Reading
Want To Succeed In China Business? Make Sure Your Business Is Legal.
Posted in Legal NewsJust got back from Chicago/Evanston, where I was on a panel at Northwestern’s University’s Kellogg School of Management’s Greater China Business Conference. The Conference was excellent and I am sure I will be referring to it again over the next few days. At one point during my panel, an audience member asked how foreign companies… Continue Reading
China Patent Reform. When China is Good…..
Posted in Legal NewsRegular readers know that CLB generally does not like to write much about upcoming laws. There are three reasons for this. One, there are plenty of existing laws about which to write and those, for obvious reasons, tend to be more central. Two, upcoming China laws often never come. Three, it is difficult to write… Continue Reading
China Law And Corruption. You’d Better Know Which Way The Wind Blows.
Posted in Legal NewsBy Dan Harris and Steve Dickinson There’s an expression out there about tides exposing things but I know if I try to use it I will muck it up, so I’m going to quote from that which I know: Bob Dylan: Johnny’s in the basement Mixing up the medicine I’m on the pavement Thinking about… Continue Reading
Managing Your China Business Through The Downturn
Posted in China BusinessFt.com has a very helpful article on how to handle the economic downturn in China and in India, written by Jayashankar M. Swaminathan, professor of operations, technology and innovation management at the University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School (h/t to CalPolyMBA blog) The article is entitled, “Managing in a downturn:Looking long term on the… Continue Reading
The WTO, China’s Media, Copyrights And Other IP. It’s A Control Thing.
Posted in Legal NewsBy Steve Dickinson As we previously reported, the WTO decision in the copyright claim brought by the U.S. against China was recently released. As expected, the U.S. claims victory since it prevailed on two of three claims. However, careful review shows the U.S. lost. As usual, however, the WTO case was a part of a… Continue Reading
Sanlu’s Lessons For Foreign Managers In China….Because Jail Is Probably Not Where You Want To Be.
Posted in Legal NewsBy: Steve Dickinson The China Economic Review recently published this column by CLB’s own Steve Dickinson, entitled, “Foreign Managers Are Not Above the Law.” [subscription presently required] It bears mentioning that Steve wrote this article in China (where he lives and works) before the news of the Peanut Corporation of America’s salmonella outbreak in the… Continue Reading
China Law For Foreigners. Slip Sliding Away.
Posted in Legal NewsFor the last few years, one of the main themes of this blog has been how China has and will continue to increase its enforcement of its commercial laws, particularly as they apply to foreigners. We have written about the increase in crackdowns on those in China without the proper visa, about closing of unregistered… Continue Reading
Social Media In China.
Posted in China BusinessJust came across this excellent Slideshare report (h/t Thomas Crampton) on social media in China by Wharton student Mindy Zhang. If you are curious about the state of China’s social media, I urge you to check it out.
Which China City Is Best for Mordachai?
Posted in China BusinessGot a somewhat weird email today, but it makes sense, on some level, so here goes: Dear Mr. Harris: A question you may want to answer on your blog: If you were 25 again — crisp J.D. in hand but, alas, no job — which city in China would you move to? You’ve noted that… Continue Reading
The Cities Of China. China’s Cities. Metropolises In China.
Posted in China BusinessWell you get the point. The Little Red Book recently did a series of posts nicely setting out various mostly marketing type facts/statistics on some key China cities. So far, they have done “snapshots” of Tianjin, Shenyang, Shanghai, Nanjing, Jinan, Hangzhou, and Guangzhou. I am hoping they add Beijing, Qingdao, Dalian, Chengdu, Chongqing and Harbin…. Continue Reading
Doing Business In China Director’s Conference. Beijing And Shanghai, March 28 Through April 3.
Posted in EventsGlobal Navigation, a peer to peer resource for boards of directors of multinational corporations and an affiliate of Corporate Board Member magazine, is putting on a seminar on board-related issues involving China. Its agenda and the speakers are absolutely first rate and I plan to attend. China Law Blog’s own Steve Dickinson will be speaking… Continue Reading
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