This post was written by Simon Malinowski, a Harris & Moure summer associate. There is a terrific podcast interview between Kent Kedl and Dr. Kim Woodard on deal cultivation in China mergers and acquisitions on the China Business Blog. The podcast is entitled, “Deal Cultivation in China M & A.” and though its focus… Continue Reading
Monthly Archives: June 2010
What’s Going On With China’s Currency? I Dunno.
Posted in China BusinessA few years ago, I promised to write about anything that generated at least five shows of interest from readers. There have been times I have regretted that promise, but none more so than now. I have received five emails from readers asking for our views on the recent currency issues and I even received… Continue Reading
What’s Going On With China Labor?
Posted in China Business, Recommended ReadingTaikongren’s Advice Blog has a nice post setting forth and commenting on many of the various issues swirling about these days on labor in China. The post is entitled,”Taikongren’s definitive ‘What’s happening with Chinese Labor’ post,” and it does a very good job setting out China’s labor situation and raising some interesting issues attached to… Continue Reading
The Chinese Are Coming, Part XII. To A Public School Near You.
Posted in China BusinessI gave a talk a couple years ago on what Chinese companies look at in determining whether to expand their business to the United States. My thesis was as follows: Chinese companies looking to buy American companies are usually looking for a valuable technology or commodity or, to a much lesser extent, a strong… Continue Reading
What If China Had Bought Newsweek?
Posted in Recommended ReadingNot sure how to relate this Evan Osnos post, entitled, “What if China had bought Newsweek,“ to doing business in or with China, beyond just tossing out the old adage on how different we are and of how we need to try to resolve our differences. So I won’t even try. At the same time, I… Continue Reading
That’s Hot: China Distribution Contracts
Posted in Legal NewsWe recently did a post, entitled, “That’s Hot: Made In China For China. By Foreigners” in which we talked about seeing a massive increase in licensing agreements for foreign companies licensing products to Chinese manufacturers. We have also been seeing a correspondingly massive increase in work for foreign companies entering into distribution contracts with Chinese distributors…. Continue Reading
China Intellectual Property Theft. The Statistics Are Damn Lies.
Posted in Legal NewsPC World Magazine has an excellent article on the costs of intellectual property (IP) violations in China. The article is entitled, “US Panel Looks at Intellectual Property Violations in China,” and what it essentially says is that the value of China’s stolen IP has been grossly exaggerated. The PC World article was written on… Continue Reading
Outsourcing To China. The Less You Have The Better It Gets?
Posted in UncategorizedJames Fallows did a post today comparing Barnes & Noble’s Nook against Amazon’s Kindle (with a nod to the iPad as well), both of which had their prices greatly reduced today. Within that post Fallows had a fascinating post from an unnamed “person with deep experience in the Chinese manufacturing industry.” The quote is essentially a… Continue Reading
I Wish All China Could Be California Girls.
Posted in China BusinessInteresting post up at the iLook China blog, aptly entitled, “Belching About China.“ The post is a complaint piece on a Huffington Post article, entitled, “China Labor — the Pure Shame of It.” The HuffPo article is written by Leo Hindrey, Jr., a self-proclaimed “pro-worker advocate” (whatever the hell that means). iLook China takes issue… Continue Reading
China Corruption. We Ain’t Seeing It.
Posted in China Business, Legal NewsGot a very interesting comment today on our post On The Demise Of China Manufacturing….Kidding. Part II. In that post, I talked about my conversations with various people in Tokyo regarding where manufacturing was going to move due to China’s increased labor costs. The answer was that it is probably not going to move at… Continue Reading
China Business. Patience As Virtue, Part II.
Posted in China BusinessA couple years ago, I did a post, entitled, “Managing The China Dragon: Patience As Virtue,” on an interview with Jack Perkowski. I listed the following as my favorite questions: What do you hope readers will take away from reading Managing the Dragon? There are many lessons to be learned from the book. Above all, though, I… Continue Reading
China Business: Have You Checked The Children?
Posted in China Business, Legal News, Recommended ReadingThough non-lawyers who deal with China love to talk of how “uncertain” everything legal is there, the boring reality is that we lawyers who constantly deal with Chinese legal issues tend to read things there the same way nearly every time. Sure we sometimes jabber back and forth about whether it is better to arbitrate… Continue Reading
On The Demise Of China Manufacturing….Kidding. Part II
Posted in China BusinessFor the only barely related part I of this post, go here. I just got back from a very long and very fruitful trip to Tokyo. I was there with co-blogger Steve on behalf of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, assisting with the trial of anti-whaling activist Peter Bethune. If you want to see… Continue Reading
Your China Supplier Information. Protect Thyself.
Posted in China Business, Legal NewsA couple of weeks ago we ended our post, “YOUR China Supplier Information. It’s Out There,” with the question, “What do you do to prevent your Western buyers from learning about your Chinese suppliers and going around you?” Yesterday we received an answer from a loyal reader who says he maintains an ongoing request with… Continue Reading
China Letters Of Credit. What Do You Know?
Posted in China Business, Legal NewsGot a call the other day from a very successful and reputable company referred to us by their domestic attorney. Seems this company had done an international deal (of no small size) via a letter of credit and they had not gotten paid. They were looking for our assistance and though we were eventually able… Continue Reading
The Nightmare Of China Retail. It’s All Good. And Damn Hot.
Posted in China BusinessI have a client/friend going into China retail in a BIG BIG way. I wish I could be more descriptive of what he and his company are doing, but about all I can tell you is the following: 1. His company is moving faster than I have ever seen a company move. Their plans are… Continue Reading
Foreign NGOs In China. New Regulations Make It Even More Difficult To Get There From Here.
Posted in China Business, Legal NewsMeg Davis, founder and Executive Director of Asia Catalyst, just came out with a post nicely updating the sitauation for Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in China. The post is entitled, “China’s New Nonprofit Regulations: Season of Instability,” and it focuses on China’s new regulations for NGOs. The post starts out discussing how NGOs can register as… Continue Reading
China Due Diligence. It Is Different.
Posted in China BusinessDanwei is just out with a fascinating post by Jeremy Goldkorn, entitled, “Business Travel magazine cheats on audit.” The post is on a letter sent out by BPA, “the global organization that audits the circulation of print publications.” The BPA letter discusses how “Business Travel magazine (商务旅行) has been kicked off BPA’s list of audited… Continue Reading
Avoiding Kickbacks In China. Just Say No.
Posted in China BusinessKickbacks. Gotta love ‘em. True story: I used to have a foreign client known as “Mr. 10%.” This guy was responsible for provisioning and repairing and operating tens of vessels and word was he skimmed ten percent from all of this. He would complain loud and often about his nickname, but once, in an unguarded… Continue Reading
Top Seven Intellectual Property Mistakes By Foreign Companies Doing Business In Or With China.
Posted in Legal NewsI am always counselling patience to young lawyers who want to start their careers doing international law. I explain that international law is really just “regular” law with an international component. I thought of that today when I read a post on the High Touch Legal Services Blog, entitled, “Top Ten Intellectual Property Mistakes of… Continue Reading
On The Relevance Of Hong Kong To China.
Posted in China Business, Legal NewsA couple days ago, one of my firm’s legal assistants, Stephanie Henry, wrote an excellent post on a Harvard Business Review article she had read on whether it is too late for businesses to be going to China. That post, entitled, “Are You Too Late for China?“ made no mention of Hong Kong. Despite that, a… Continue Reading
China’s Foxconn Suicides. Explained.
Posted in UncategorizedThis is the first I have written on the Foxconn suicides because until now I have felt I had nothing to contribute. I still feel I have nothing to contribute, but I like Jack Perkowski’s analysis so much, I am going to quote and refer to it. In his post, “The Foxconn Suicides,” Perkowski gives… Continue Reading
How To Succeed With Your China Business. By Really Trying.
Posted in China Business, Recommended ReadingBy Simon Malinowski (Harris & Moure summer associate) Excellent podcast interview with Edward Tse, Chairman of Greater China for Booz & Co, entitled, “The China Strategy.” Nice overview on what it takes to succeed in China today. Some of the highlights: – The new way to think about China. Global companies should not treat China as a marginal… Continue Reading
“Shanghaied” In China. What Can I Say?
Posted in China BusinessA while back I imposed what is looking to be a stupid rule. The rule is that if I receive five emails on a topic, I will write on it. It seems whenever I get five emails on a topic on which I have not written, it is because I have concluded it is NOT… Continue Reading
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