Very good post over at the Foreign Entrepreneurs in China blog on how to handle your China outsourcing arrangements. The post is entitled, “12 Tips for Negotiating and Dealing with your Suppliers in China,” and it imparts good, solid, common sense information. Here are my five favorite tips: 1. Know who it is at the… Continue Reading
Monthly Archives: May 2010
Meet The New China Law Blog, Same As The Old….
Posted in EventsThough we have been in existence for about four and a half years now, we have never written a post focused on just us. That has been by design. We figure you come here to read about China, not about CLB. But I cannot resist this just once. As many of you have no doubt… Continue Reading
YOUR China Supplier Information. It’s Out There.
Posted in China BusinessGot a somewhat frantic phone call a few weeks ago from a company wanting to sue “somebody.” This company, let’s call it Company A, had just learned why its largest buyer, Company B, had stopped buying product from Company A. The reason: Company A had learned from whom Company A was having its product manufactured… Continue Reading
Chinese (Business) Law Enforcement: It’s A Good Thing
Posted in China BusinessBy Simon Malinowksi NOTE: Simon is a 1L at Indiana University School of Law and a Harris & Moure summer associate. Much has been written on this blog and elsewhere on China’s gradually decreasing appetite for foreign investment as manifested by its tougher enforcement of its foreign investment rules. Though no one has explicitly said… Continue Reading
Manufacturing In China. This Time, It’s All Good.
Posted in China BusinessThe nature of the legal practice and the nature of this blog means a large percentage of our posts stem from negative incidents in China. This post stems from a somewhat shockingly positive phone call I received the other day from a U.S. company that wanted my assistance in getting its molds back from its… Continue Reading
China Negotiations. Persistance Pays.
Posted in China BusinessMy friend Andrew Hupert, who teaches MBA level negotiation courses at NYU just came out with the second part of his “Negotiating in China: Secrets of Success series. In this most recent post, Andrew sets out three “rules” the “heavy-lifters of international negotiation have to say about reaching the contract-signing ceremony milestone in China.” I… Continue Reading
China’s School Killings. Capitalism Made Me Do It.
Posted in EventsSince China’s recent spate of school killings, I have received a couple emails asking me “what is going on.” I respond by saying I have no clue. I do not explain any further, but if I did, I would say that for me to have any idea as to causation, I would have to know… Continue Reading
How To Do Business In China. A Thrilla in Manila. May 27-June 5.
Posted in China Business, Events, Legal NewsBeginning on May 27, Artefact, Inc., a Manila, Philippines, based management consulting firm, will be putting on a series of seminars on “Doing Business in China.” The lectures are for “Filipino business people who operate (or plan to operate) in China” and “will teach how to profit from China, while overcoming the risks inherent in… Continue Reading
Treat Your China Suppliers Well….
Posted in Basics of China Business Law, China BusinessYet another excellent post by Santiago Cueto at the International Business Law Advisor. It is entitled, “How to Avoid International Disputes: First, Be Good to Your Suppliers,” and it provides absolutely critical for how to treat your suppliers. I virtually never go a week without talking with a client retaining my law firm to write… Continue Reading
Terracotta Typewriter Interviews Peter Hessler On China.
Posted in Recommended ReadingI am a long-time fan of Terracotta Typewriter, which describes itself as follows: Terracotta Typewriter is a literary journal with Chinese characteristics. This is the only China-themed, English-language literary journal. This site is the creation of American expatriate writer and editor in China, Matthew Lubin. The purpose of this literary journal is to create a… Continue Reading
Doing Business In China: What It Is Really Like.
Posted in China Business, Legal News, Recommended ReadingAbsolutely excellent, must read piece in today’s New York Times, entitled, “Foreign Companies Chafe at China’s Restrictions.” Better than anything else I have read, this article, written by Keith Bradsher, conveys what foreign companies have been facing in China recently. The reality is that China is simply less excited and less desirous of foreign direct… Continue Reading
China Real Estate: The Next Sound You Hear Will Be A Pop.
Posted in Recommended ReadingMuch has been written on China’s real estate bubble and so I have felt little need to cover it here. A recent post by Patrick Chovanec, entitled, “Foreign Policy: China’s Bubble Trouble,” so nicely summed up my feelings on the issue, I cannot resist at least pointing it out. Chovanec was spurred to write his… Continue Reading
China Foreign Direct Investment. Meet The New Rules….
Posted in China Business, Legal NewsBy Steve Dickinson China’s State Council recently issued the Opinion on Taking Additional Steps in the Work Improving the Utilization of Foreign Investment. The Chinese original can be found here. This Opinion and the various research reports issued together with it confirm China will not be changing the basic approach to foreign investment it has… Continue Reading
Sourcing To China. A Tale Of Two Companies.
Posted in China Business, Legal NewsIt was the best of times, it was the worst of times. – Charles Dickens, from A Tale of Two Cities I recently dealt with two similar calls from decent-sized US companies that source their products to China. Both companies were calling to find out what remedies/leverage they might have in disputes with their Chinese… Continue Reading
Vietnam and China. Labor Shortages Or Not?
Posted in China BusinessI ain’t gonna work for Maggie’s brother no more No, I ain’t gonna work for Maggie’s brother no more Well, he hands you a nickel He hands you a dime He asks you with a grin If you’re havin’ a good time Then he fines you every time you slam the door I ain’t gonna… Continue Reading
How To Sell To The Chinese Government. And Not Lose Everything.
Posted in China Business, Legal NewsOne of the strengths of the China blogosphere is that we so often enhance each other. This morning I did a quick post, entitled, “How To Sell To The Chinese Government: Have What It Really Really Wants.” That post was based on an article by a couple of Reed Smith attorneys in the China Business… Continue Reading
The Citizens United Case And Chinese Companies. All In A Day’s Work.
Posted in China BusinessYesterday, Elizabeth Lynch of the China Law & Policy Blog, testified before the United States Congress on “potential foreign government influence in our elections post-Citizens United.” Elizabeth writes about her testimony in a post, entitled, “Congressional Testimony of China Law & Policy – With Link to full Webcast.” Elizabeth got the call to come testify… Continue Reading
How To Sell To The Chinese Government: Have What It Really Really Wants.
Posted in China BusinessThe Chinese Business Review is out with an interesting article, by Jason Matechak and Brett Gerson of the Reed Smith law firm in Washington, DC, entitled, “Can China’s Government Procurement Market Be Cracked?” Its sub-heading is: “China’s preference for domestic products continues to worry foreign firms, but companies can take steps to improve their chances… Continue Reading
china/divide And China Tracker And The Just Too Damn Good Exception.
Posted in Recommended ReadingA few years ago, I went all gaga over a new blog that had produced all of two posts. The two posts were incredibly well written, incredibly insightful, and incredibly original. I immediately determined that this great light (discovered by me, of course) should be introduced to the world so I did a post on… Continue Reading
China’s Ten Most Luxurious Cities As Good Place To Start.
Posted in China BusinessJing Daily did a post today listing and very briefly describing China’s top ten cities, “ranked by lavish living.” This list comes from the Chinese news portal, JRJ and is based on “luxury,” “internationalness,” high-end retail and overall infrastructure, whatever those things mean. Ignoring for a moment the vagueness of the measures on which this… Continue Reading
The Kro’s Nest. Just Another Day In China.
Posted in China Business, Legal News“Steal a little and they throw you in jail. Steal a lot and they make you king.” Bob Dylan “Guanxi either retires or goes to jail.” Rich Brubaker Just read an absolutely fantastic china/dvide post, written by Damjan DeNoble. The post is entitled, “Kro’s Nest, End of Days” and is it in on how a… Continue Reading
Stuff Laowai Like In China. I’ll Cop To All That.
Posted in China TravelIt’s bad enough I have to admit there is a book out there making fun of what I like, now Modern Lei Feng is doing a series of China-fied blog posts doing the same thing. I just love his second post in the series, entitled, “Stuff Laowai Like 2 – Shanghai (老外喜欢的东西 2 － 上海）”… Continue Reading
China OEM Agreements. Yet Another Reason To Have One.
Posted in Legal NewsGot an email the other day from an attorney seeking help for a client. Client (Company A) was interested in suing one of the online customs/sourcing sites for having broken out by name all of the Chinese companies from whom Company A bought its Chinese product. Company A was (rightfully) in a panic about its… Continue Reading
China Podcasts and Videos.
Posted in Recommended ReadingThe China Beat has a post, entitled, Around the Web: Podcasts and Videos, highlighting the following “China-related podcasts and videos” that “caught” their attention: • A conversation between China Beat bloggers, Jeff Wasserstrom and Mara Hvistendahl on “The Challenge of Writing about a Fast-Changing China.” • Kaiser Kuo’s weekly podcast called Sinica, where he is… Continue Reading
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