Just finished the book, Chocolate Fortunes: The Battle for the Hearts, Minds, and Wallets of China’s Consumers, by Lawrence L. Allen. It’s a very good book. The book is about the competition between Hershey’s, Mars, Ferraro Rocher, Nestle and Cadbury for the Chinese consumer. But it is really more about what it takes to succeed… Continue Reading
Monthly Archives: October 2009
China Joint Ventures. Again.
Posted in Recommended ReadingThe Transcript from my AmCham interview on China joint ventures is now online here. We are working on a post on how companies can best protect themselves if they do go forward with a joint venture in China, but in the meantime, this transcript does a nice job (thanks in large measure to Josh Gartner’s… Continue Reading
China. The Hope And The Opportunity.
Posted in Recommended ReadingAll Roads Lead to China just came out with a fascinating, but way too short, post on a few interviews of Shanghai’s underclass. It is called, “It’s All About Hope and Opportunity in China” and I urge everyone to read it. All Roads’ post touches on the sorts of things China Law Blog used to… Continue Reading
Love The One You’re With. When China Joint Ventures Make Sense.
Posted in Legal NewsThis is the follow-up post I promised to my last post on joint ventures, “The China Joint Venture. It’s BACK!!!” I promised a follow up post because the first one received so many comments and a few of them raised issues I thought needed addressing. That last post was really mostly a podcast I did… Continue Reading
China Trademark Law. It’s All Good.
Posted in Legal NewsThe World Trademark Review, in its article, “Research reveals increased US confidence in China’s rights enforcement regime,” [subscription required for full article] just came out with a story on a recent US-China Business Council (USCBC) survey finding that US brand owners are becoming less concerned with IP rights enforcement in China. IP is now only… Continue Reading
China Law Blog Is Miami Bound.
Posted in EventsWell not the blog itself, I guess, but me. I am heading to Jacksonville, FL, on October 27 to meet with a client and then the next day heading to Miami to speak at the American Bar Association’s (ABA) International Law Section Annual Conference. I will be kickin it on South Beach. If you are… Continue Reading
The China Joint Venture. It’s BACK!!!
Posted in Legal NewsAmCham China just posted an interview here [mp3] of me regarding the return of joint ventures to China. Josh Gartner conducted the interview and he did a great job. Though joint ventures obviously never left China, there has definitely been a post-recession resurgence. Whereas in the past, most American companies that did joint ventures in… Continue Reading
The Tangled China Immigration Web Some Weave
Posted in Legal NewsA reader sent me a link to a post from the very controversial blog, Atlas Shrugged. The post is entitled, “A Case of Perjury: Mohamed Bary’s Vast Web of Lies.” The gist of the story is that the Sri Lankan parents of a 17 year old Rifqa Bary are being denied the return of their… Continue Reading
Piracy In China. T’Ain’t No Big Thing.
Posted in Legal NewsBusinesses are secretive. Some more so than others. My firm has a long history of representing companies in the international fishing business. Most fishing companies are laughably secretive. I say laughably, because they try to keep things secret that the whole world already knows about. Just the other day, a Russian fishing client of ours… Continue Reading
China Criminal And Business Law. You Are Not In Kansas Any More.
Posted in China BusinessJust finished an interview with a reporter doing a story on Chinese drywall. I gave my usual speech on how there are three main aspects to protecting oneself from bad Chinese product: good relationships, good contracts, and good quality control monitoring. I then focused on the mistakes American companies typically make in their contracts with… Continue Reading
Dual Language China Contracts Double Your Chance Of Disaster.
Posted in Legal NewsGot an interesting email the other day regarding the language to use on a contract. It went as follows: I was talking to someone who was bragging about how great their employment contract was yesterday, and he said “My contract is in both Chinese and English, and it says that in the case of a… Continue Reading
Setting Up Your China WFOE’s Branch Office.
Posted in Legal NewsMy firm is constantly getting asked about what it takes to set up a branch office in another city in China. In other words, you already have your WFOE in place in, let’s say, Shanghai, and you decide you want to open another office in Qingdao. Or it could be the reverse. What do you… Continue Reading
Your Chinese-American VP Don’t Know Diddley ‘Bout China Law And I Have Friggin Had It.
Posted in Legal NewsBefore my law firm hires anyone, we make sure they do not have a problem with swearing. Because I do. I know I shouldn’t, but darn, certain swear words are absolutely critical for communication. But when I started this blog, I swore (pun intended) I would strive never to write anything I would not want… Continue Reading
Chinese Drywall Cases Make U.S. Lawyers Angry. I Want My Lex Americana!
Posted in Legal NewsI want my MTV. I will be speaking at a Chinese drywall seminar in New Orleans next month and that means I am on an email list that I think consists of others who will also be speaking at this seminar. Seeing as how this email list consists of around 100 people, I do not… Continue Reading
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