Every couple of weeks my firm gets an email or a phone call from a small business that is seeking to justify forming a Rep Office in China instead of a Wholly Foreign Owned Enterprise (WFOE). These small businesses typically go into advocacy mode explaining why their business can and should be a Rep Office… Continue Reading
Monthly Archives: November 2010
The Seven Things To Do When Your China IP Has Been Compromised.
Posted in Legal NewsStan Abrams over at China Hearsay just did an excellent how-to post entitled, “Pirates Beware! Gearing Up for the China IP Enforcement Lecture.” The post does a great job explaining how to handle a China IP problem, though the steps it sets out would pretty much work fine for just about any legal issue needing… Continue Reading
97% Of Chinese Want To Live In The United States. Is This Really True?
Posted in China Business, China TravelThe Globalist is out with an article, entitled, “The American Dream Is Alive and Well…In China,” stating that “we heard that if U.S. immigration policies allowed it, 97% of the Chinese people would probably want to move to the United States.” (h/t China Challenges) I talked a bit about this previously in a post… Continue Reading
China Outsourcing 101. Five Basics For Reducing Risk.
Posted in Basics of China Business Law, Legal NewsThe other day we did an extremely long post on the legal issues of outsourcing. That post was based on an hour long speech I had just given at an International Association of Outsourcing Professionals meeting, so it was very, very long. Since not everyone is going to read such a long post, I figure… Continue Reading
Suing Chinese Companies. “How Long Has This Been Going On?”
Posted in Legal NewsYesterday, I participated in a phone call with a client and another lawyer in my office. We were discussing a draft of a worldwide software licensing agreement the counter-party had provided to our client. Fairly late in the discussion, I asked what law the agreement was calling for and then noted how that is oftentimes… Continue Reading
The Chinese Dream And The Rise of China’s Middle Class.
Posted in Recommended ReadingThis review was written by Miriam Roth, who recently joined our international law firm as a legal assistant/paralegal. Miriam graduated this year with a degree in English Literature from the University of Maryland. When not working with us, she is an assistant editor at PIF Magazine. By Miriam Roth In her newly published book, The Chinese… Continue Reading
China: Where Only The Good (And Bad) Die Young.
Posted in China BusinessApologies for the Billy Joel. Just read an interesting, disquieting, yet not terribly surprising article on China’s life expectancy. The article is entitled, “In China, Uneven Progress on Health Front,” and its focus is on how since 1990, China has had less of an increase in life expectancy than just about “every other big developing country”… Continue Reading
Be Sure Regarding China’s Sinosure.
Posted in China Business, Legal NewsMany Chinese companies that provide credit to foreign businesses do so because their invoices are insured by Sinosure. Sinosure is a massive China-based export and credit insurance company. Foreign companies sometimes face Sinosure when they have failed to pay their Chinese supplier for product. When that happens, Sinosure usually steps in and threatens to sue…. Continue Reading
Emerging Market/China Outsourcing Issues. A Speech.
Posted in Basics of China Business Law, China Business, Legal NewsLast week, I gave an hour long talk before the Pacific Northwest Chapter of the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP). My talk was entitled, “The Legal Myths, Realities, Traps and Benefits to Outsourcing to an Emerging Market,” but I should have called it everything you need to know about the law of outsourcing, crammed… Continue Reading
China’s Economic Future. By The Numbers.
Posted in China BusinessI tend to put very little stock in economist’s predictions and I tend to put even less stock in economist’s predictions on China (and even less still on non-economists prognosticating on China’s economy as though their doing business there all of a sudden makes them an economist). Though I find the predictions to be of… Continue Reading
Airplane And Helicopter Manufacturers: Start Your China Engines.
Posted in China BusinessI have always salivated over China’s market for light aircraft and helicopters. I have salivated because my firm has a long history of representing helicopter and aircraft companies in their Russian related matters (for an interesting example, go here) and we have always wanted to do the same with respect to China. In Russia, any… Continue Reading
The China Rich….Are Not Like Us?
Posted in China Business, China Travel, Good PeopleJust got an email from a long-time loyal reader who is now in England studying law. His email was a combination of updates and thoughts and I just loved one portion of the thoughts. This person spent considerable time in Beijing tutoring children of high level Chinese executives, mostly bankers, and here, word for word,… Continue Reading
Cambodia: China’s Newest Appendage?
Posted in China Business, China TravelCo-bloogger Steve Dickinson just returned from a business trip to Cambodia. As China’s costs rise, American and European companies are beginning to turn to Vietnam, and to a lesser extent, Cambodia, and even Laos, for their manufacturing outsourcing. This post focuses on Steve’s time in Cambodia, and, specifically on its growing relationship with China. By… Continue Reading
Exploding The Myths Of China’s Foreign Investments.
Posted in China BusinessThe China Economic Review published an article by CLB Co-blogger Steve Dickinson in its November issue. Steve’s article is on the myths of China’s foreign direct investment and is entitled, Exploding the Myth: China has emerged as a global FDI power, giving birth to a few misconceptions in the process. Steve’s thesis is that the bromides that… Continue Reading
How To Sue A Chinese Company. Part IV. Arbitration In The U.S. And Suing In China.
Posted in Legal NewsThis is part IV of our series on how to sue a Chinese company. This is the final post in our series addressing what to do to secure redress against a Chinese company that owes you money or has wronged you. It is based on an article I recently had published (along with one of… Continue Reading
How To Sue A Chinese Company. Part III. Litigation Strategies And Enforcing Judgments.
Posted in Legal NewsThis is part III of our series on how to sue a Chinese company. This series of posts addresses what to do to secure redress against a Chinese company that owes you money or has wronged you. It is based on an article I recently had published (along with one of my law firm’s new… Continue Reading
How To Sue A Chinese Company. Part II. Discovery.
Posted in Legal NewsThis is part II of our series on how to sue a Chinese company. This series of posts addresses what to do should you want to seek redress against a Chinese company that owes you money or has wronged you. It is based on an article I recently had published (along with one of my… Continue Reading
How To Sue A Chinese Company. Part I. Jurisdiction And Service Of Process.
Posted in Legal NewsLet’s face it, even in a down economy, suing Chinese companies is a growth area. On top of that, it is fun and lucrative. My firm originally made its mark handling international litigation and of late, it is litigation against Chinese companies that is feeding our rapid growth. We just hired two more full time… Continue Reading
China Retail. How Much Does China Know?
Posted in China BusinessHad a fascinating conversation recently with a large domestic consumer product company that had been contemplating going into China. Very well run, very sophisticated, very successful U.S company viewed as a very solid line of mid-level priced consumer products. Generally, Americans view this company as having “good products at a good value.” After an extensive… Continue Reading
China Legal Issues For Business. The Ten Minute Version. Part II.
Posted in Legal NewsI spoke last week (for ten minutes) in Atlanta at NACA’s First Annual US-China Business Conference. I posted that speech (the written version of it, anyway) in a post entitled China Legal Issues For Business. The Ten Minute Version. In going through and deleting old emails today, I came across my first, very different version… Continue Reading
China Healthcare And Education. As A Business, They’re All Good.
Posted in China BusinessA couple years ago, I was on a panel at Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Business that was asked what we saw as the best opportunities for foreign businesses involved with China. We all agreed on the following five, in no particular order: Healthcare Education Cleantech/Greentech Food Software/High Tech Nothing shocking or earth shattering, obviously, but… Continue Reading
Rare Earths And Polysilicon. Does China Control Our Green Future?
Posted in China BusinessBy Steve Dickinson Anyone with any knowledge of the energy constraints facing the modern industrial world understands that alternative energy is essential for the future of any modern society. Two critical raw materials for the key alternative energy technologies are rare earths and polycrystalline silicon (“polysilicon”). China is already virtually the sole supplier of rare… Continue Reading
China’s Upcoming Five Cities For Foreign Investment.
Posted in China BusinessA loyal reader emailed me a Fortune Magazine list this morning of “China’s 5 Best New Cities for Business” and asked me what I thought of it. If one ignores the fact that none of the five cities is new, it is a great list. The list was developed as follows: Fortune China recently… Continue Reading
China QC Inspection. So Totally Worth It.
Posted in China Business, Legal NewsI have always thought it crazy for a company not to have a quality control inspection done of its China product before shipping. Yes, crazy. The Quality Inspection Tips blog has a post, entitled, “How much does an inspection in China cost?” that puts the need for a QC inspection into proper focus. The post… Continue Reading
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