China Law Blog

About a month ago, I wrote a post, entitled, "China. Friend Or Foe? Opportunity Or Challenge? Or, Why Can't We All Just Get Along?" The post was on an unnamed client of mine who had written me an email regarding a wind energy project in which he had helped an Ohio company secure necessary parts from China. My client had written me an email regarding this project and of how he thought his handling the China outsourcing had saved American jobs. My post used my client's story to make the point that outsourcing products or components is not the same as outsourcing jobs.

Forbes Magazine liked my client's story and asked me for his name. After securing my client's permission, Forbes contacted him and the story has run, aptly entitled, "One Way To Save U.S. Manufacturing Jobs." It really does make for a great story and I particularly like it as it will probably be the only time I ever see Doug Smith (now named in the Forbes story) in a suit. Doug formed the first WFOE in Jining, an industrial city in Shandong Province, and he still bases his China operations there.