My friend Andrew Hupert is going to be putting on a webinar entitled, “Chinese Negotiation for Westerners: Tactics and Counter Tactics.” It is going to focus on the “right way” to negotiate in China. It will be on Friday, September 2, from 9:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m., China time/9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. United States… Continue Reading
Monthly Archives: August 2011
China Patenting’s Great Leap Forward
Posted in China Business, Legal NewsThis is a guest post from Gilman Grundy. Gil is a senior IP advisor for Tieto. I know Gil from his many years before that as an IP advisor in China. The views expressed in this post are Gil’s own. When I received Dan’s invitation to write an “in the trenches” piece on intellectual property… Continue Reading
The China Law Blog “World” Tour. The Back To The Farm Edition.
Posted in EventsI am going to be giving two China talks in September. My first talk is going to be on September 14, 2011, in Seattle, before a dual-meeting of the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP) and the Seattle Technical Forum. It will be at The Bellevue City Hall, 450 110th Avenue Northeast, Bellevue, WA. The… Continue Reading
The China-Georgetown Brawl. Sometimes A Cigar Is Just A Cigar.
Posted in EventsI long ago promised myself that if I ever receive five or more emails (or other communication) on a topic, I will write on it. I am disheartened to say that I just received number five asking my views on the China-Georgetown basket-brawl. I say disheartened because I see this brawl as a complete non-issue…. Continue Reading
Forming A Chinese Entity. What About The Fourth Way?
Posted in China Business, Legal NewsI received the following email today (modified slightly to take out any possible identifiers): My name’s William and I am a Chinese. I am also an avid reader of China Law Blog. So when Frank, my American friend who owns a translation services company in America, asked me about how to set up a limited… Continue Reading
On The “Chineseness” Of Gary Locke. Not My Language.
Posted in China Business, Good PeopleI don’t know Gary Locke, the new ambassador to China, but I feel that I know a lot about him from the Seattle-Legal-China rumor mills. Almost without exception, those mills paint him as a good guy, capable, and moderate. I have also more than once heard that he isn’t “really Chinese at all” or that… Continue Reading
China FDI. It’s Happening. Sort Of.
Posted in China BusinessThe Rhodium Group (an economics consultancy) has come out with a really cool interactive map showing “Chinese investment in the United States by industry, year and more.” On the same page as the map are a number of articles playing up the increased investment by Chinese companies into the United States. The funny thing is… Continue Reading
China’s Contaminated Food. Already Arrived At A Grocery Near You.
Posted in China BusinessA few months ago, I received an email asking me to detail the foods in the United States that either come from China or have Chinese ingredients. I very quickly responded that I knew it was many, but that I had absolutely no clue which ones. The reader then responded by saying that I was… Continue Reading
The Grim Reality Of China Quality Control (QC)
Posted in China BusinessI have certain articles I send clients and potential clients in response to their questions. One of my favorites (and the one I send when anyone asks a question relating to what it is like dealing with a Chinese factory) is Ok, so it doesn’t meet your standards….so what? This post is by David Dayton… Continue Reading
China Halts Theme Park Construction And Why It Matters To You
Posted in Legal NewsOne of the few things I dislike about my job is putting the kibosh on a project. I have had to do this many times to foreign companies with China projects that are just not legal. I explain that if the project is illegal under Chinese law, it will always be at risk of being… Continue Reading
China’s Western Regions. Their Time Has Come.
Posted in China BusinessFor about as long as I can remember, China has sought to encourage foreign companies to locate in its Western Regions and for that same amount of time, few have done so. Sure, some really big companies like Ford and Intel have set up large facilities in China’s Western Regions, but for most foreign companies,… Continue Reading
JL Made. How To Buy Product From China.
Posted in China Business, Recommended ReadingI feel like one of the most important things I do on this blog is to steer people to other good writings on China. I recently learned of a very good blog on China manufacturing and so steer I will. The blog is called JLMade. JL Made mostly focuses on the basics of buying product… Continue Reading
Good China Patent Infringement Case? Tell Me Lots More.
Posted in Legal NewsSomeone called KAS just left us the following comment: We have a pretty blatant patent infringement where the Chinese manufacturing company (with whom we have a contract) has sold the product to Australia. Our goal is to shut down the sales in countries outside of China, e.g. Australia. Under these circumstances, would it make any… Continue Reading
China Due Diligence. Not Optional.
Posted in China Business, Legal NewsBy Steve Dickinson One of our recurring themes is the need for due diligence when working on any business matters in China. Most foreign companies think of due diligence only when they are planning to make an investment. Most companies are not aware that due diligence is required whenever you do any kind of business… Continue Reading
Investing In China. A Few Things To Consider.
Posted in China Business, Legal NewsI recently read an email from co-blogger Steve to one of our existing clients. Our client was seeking legal advice regarding a potential China joint venture investment. Steve responded with a very long email, some of which I can reveal here and some of which I cannot. I am running an excerpt from that email… Continue Reading
Understanding China’s Economy. No, Really!
Posted in China Business, Recommended ReadingUnderstanding a country’s economy is difficult. Understanding China’s economy is more difficult than most because so many of its statistics are not reliable. Yet it goes without saying that understanding China’s economy is important and, for some businesses and people, it is critical. If you want to understand China’s economy and, more importantly, understand how… Continue Reading
China VIE Structures, The Podcast. Money….So Money.
Posted in China Business, Legal NewsGrowing up, I used to occasionally play basketball with a guy by the name of Eddie Stokes. Eddie was a few inches shorter than me, but a heck of a lot stronger and quicker and he used to give me fits. What particularly irritated me about him was that every single time he would score… Continue Reading
China’s Empty Apartments.
Posted in China Business, Recommended ReadingJust read a truly excellent two part series of posts on China’s housing market. The posts are from China Beat and they are titled China’s Empty Apartments. Part I is called “How the real estate market got stir-fried” and part II is called “What happens when the party ends?“ They were written by freelance writer… Continue Reading
Employer Social Insurance In China. I See Foreign People. Part II.
Posted in China Business, Recommended ReadingI am a lawyer, not a policy wonk. This means I prefer dealing with the laws as written or at least as they exist, rather than how they might be. I also am not an HR Manager. This means I find the whole social insurance for foreigners issue in China a colossal bore. Now I… Continue Reading
Service In China. Good Luck With That.
Posted in China Business, China TravelI love it when my wild assertions are proven right. I am always writing about how terrible the service is at China’s hotels and restaurants and I have often posited that service in China is the worst in the world. In “This Is China. I Laughed, I Cried,” I wrote about a blogger’s “Kafkaesque situation… Continue Reading
China’s Sino-Foreign Film Co-Productions. Show Me The Money.
Posted in China BusinessThis is the third in a series of posts by our Beijing based attorney, Mathew Alderson, on China’s film industry. The first post was “Sino-Foreign Film Co-Productions in China.” The second was “Making Films in China. You Talkin’ To Me?“ Cinemas are being built in China at unprecedented rates and we are constantly hearing of… Continue Reading
China Business. An Open Forum. Our First And Probably Last.
Posted in China BusinessTwo things you have never seen during the five+ year existence of this blog. One, anyone saying how busy we are as an explanation for our not having posted. My father is a retired college professor and one of the things I remember him saying was that no professor really cares how busy a student… Continue Reading
China IP, Fakes And Innovation. Is It Really This Bad? Will It Really Never Get Any Better?
Posted in China BusinessI received a somewhat ranting email the other day from a highly respected China academic in response to my having been interviewed in an article about IKEA’s stores being copied in China. Below is the heart of the email: 1. No one in the world thinks the Chinese “care” about intellectual property, in the sense… Continue Reading
Manufacturing Your Product In China.The Extreme Basics.
Posted in Basics of China Business Law, China Business, Legal NewsThe other day I received an email from a college student looking to form a business that would buy product from China and sell it in the United States. The email asked about the steps to take to get such a business going. Here is that email (modified slightly to maintain the anonymity of its… Continue Reading
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