A loyal reader just sent me an absolutely fascinating “case study” on a small Chinese manufacturing business. The case study is part of Emerald Emerging Market Case Studies, which dubs itself as providing a “library of teaching cases spotlighting the world’s emerging economies.” The case study on the Chinese business is called “The changing landscape… Continue Reading
Monthly Archives: November 2011
China’s Slowdown And YOUR Employees
Posted in China BusinessSpoke last week with a long-term client. I asked him how things were going for his company in China these days and his response was “good and bad.” This is a company that makes product in China strictly for US sales. Product sales are good, he told me, and on that front not much has… Continue Reading
Two More Reasons To Avoid China Stocks.
Posted in China BusinessAs regular readers of this blog know, I am not a fan of Chinese stocks. My usual reason for not liking them is that I rarely trust their numbers. I am even less likely to invest in Chinese stocks now. I have two additional reasons for my increased pessimism regarding China stocks. The first is… Continue Reading
Everything You Always Wanted To Know About China VIEs. The Transcript.
Posted in China Business, Legal NewsOn November 4, CLB’s own Steve Dickinson participated in an Internet discussion regarding Variable Interest Entities (VIEs) in China. The discussion was entitled, “Foreign Ownership in China: Still VIEable?” and the other participants were China Hearsay’s Stan Abrams (an attorney), China Accounting Blog’s Paul Gillis (an accountant), and China Finance Blog’s Fredrik Öqvist (a financial… Continue Reading
How To Achieve Problem Free China Outsourcing. Or Not.
Posted in China BusinessWe are always preaching that if you 1) choose a good manufacturer, 2) use a good OEM contract, 3) engage in good quality control monitoring, and register your trademark, the odds are overwhelming that you will do just fine in outsourcing your product from China. The odds just went down. In 2009 and 2010 and… Continue Reading
China Film Law Q And A. Part III.
Posted in China Business, China Film Industry, Legal NewsThis is the third and final part of a series of posts in which our Beijing-based attorney, Mathew Alderson, is interviewed by CMM-I as part of CMM-I’s sector report “Feature Film Co-production in China.” In this post, Mathew explores issues relating to the regulations governing foreign involvement in film production in China. Parts I and… Continue Reading
Going To School On How To Build A China Business Relationship
Posted in China BusinessThis post was written by Matthew Dresden. Matthew handles China matters out of our U.S. office and this is his first post for the blog. Matthew speaks and reads Mandarin and has lived in both Beijing and in Shanghai (but is too politic to tell us which he prefers). Here’s Matthew’s post: There has been… Continue Reading
Don’t Be A Bull In The China [Movie Production] Shop. A Seminar In Australia.
Posted in China Film Industry, EventsThe Screen Producers Association of Australia (SPAA) hosts a big annual conference each year that is the main event in Australia’s film industry calendar. At this year’s SPAA Conference in Sydney (running through November 16), our Beijing-based attorney, Mathew Alderson, will be sitting on a China film panel, entitled, “Don’t be a Bull in the… Continue Reading
China’s Huaxi “Tower.” Rife With Meaning?
Posted in Recommended ReadingEvery once in a while I see an article that is so potentially rife with deep meaning and symbolism, I find myself not up to the difficult task of interpreting it. This China Dialogue post, entitled, “Village that towers above China,” is that sort of article. It is on the famously wealthy town of Huaxi…. Continue Reading
Bribe Paying Countries. China Is Second Worst.
Posted in China BusinessTransparency International has just come out with a new ranking of bribe paying countries, entitled the 2011 Bribe Payers Index (h/t The Diplomat). This index “ranks 28 of the world’s largest economies according to the perceived likelihood of companies from these countries to pay bribes abroad. It is based on the views of business executives… Continue Reading
The Two Things You Must Know When Choosing Your China Brand Name
Posted in China BusinessExcellent New York Times article (is it just me or has the NYTimes really picked up its China coverage both in terms of quality and quantity in the last six months or so?), entitled, Picking Brand Names in China Is a Business Itself. The article reaffirms what we are always telling our clients: get help… Continue Reading
There Is No Protectionism In China.
Posted in China Business, China Film IndustryNow that I have your attention with my Global Times-ish headline, I am going to backtrack. The protectionism that people attribute to China is wrong. I have become convinced that the protectionism that people tend to attribute to China does not really exist, or at least barely so. The Chinese government does not care nearly… Continue Reading
Second Summit on Chinese Business Law and Practice in Santiago, Chile. November 18, 2011.
Posted in Events, Legal NewsLast November, the Asian Studies Program and the Law School of Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (Catholic University of Chile) hosted a Summit on Chinese Business Law and Practice in Santiago. As I mentioned in my post on that event, I had very high hopes for the Summit, in part because it was organized by… Continue Reading
How To Stop China-Based Domain Name Theft
Posted in Legal NewsBy Rachel Buker Rachel is an attorney at Harris & Moure whose practice focuses mostly on intellectual property. Trademark infringement with respect to domain names is a very common problem, particularly for those who do business with China or even just manufacture their product there. It is unsurprising that many in China are quick to… Continue Reading
How To Write A China (CIETAC/BAC) Arbitration Clause
Posted in Legal NewsChinese companies are more and more often requiring a China venue dispute resolution clause. In other words, they are refusing to sign contracts unless they provide for disputes to be resolved in China. In some cases, you will be better off in a Chinese court and in other cases you will be better off arbitrating… Continue Reading
What Does China Want?
Posted in Recommended ReadingMust-read article by The Christian Science Monitor’s Beijing correspondent, Peter Ford. The article is entitled, “Rise of an economic superpower: What does China want?” I liked the article because it does a very good job explaining where China fits in the world right now, where it sees itself fitting, and where it is going. I… Continue Reading
How To Form A Company In China. The Basics.
Posted in Basics of China Business Law, China Business, Legal NewsThough we often talk generally about what it takes to form a company in China, a reader recently pointed out to me that we have never set out the basic steps one must take to do so. The following sets out the basic steps a foreigner usually must take to form a Wholly Foreign Owned… Continue Reading
China Film Law Q And A. Part II.
Posted in China Business, China Film Industry, Legal NewsThis is the second in a series of posts in which our Beijing-based attorney, Mathew Alderson, is interviewed by CMM-I as part of CMM-I’s sector report “Feature Film Co-production in China.” In this post, Mathew explores issues relating to film financing in China. For part I of this series, go here. CMM-I: How trustworthy… Continue Reading
What To Do When You Receive Bad Quality Product From China.
Posted in China BusinessI must get some form of the following at least twice a week: “I just received a shipment of bad product from China and the Chinese company is ignoring my requests for a refund. What do I do?” Needless to say, my initial answer is always, “that depends” — after all, I am a lawyer. … Continue Reading
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