I did a post yesterday touting a podcast by Jing Ulrich on China’s economy. In that post, I referred to Ms. Ulrich as belonging “on the very short list of those discussing China’s economy who actually know whereof they speak.” In response to that, I received the following comment from “Michael RightSite”: Hi Dan, Since… Continue Reading
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Subscribe to Good People RSS FeedDoing Business With The New China Seminar. December 13, 2012. Seattle.
Posted in Events, Good PeopleOn December 13, I will, along with Fraser Mendel, be co-chairing a seminar on “The China Market: Selling Products and Services in the New China.” I promise you it will be an excellent seminar. I can make this promise because I have known nearly all of the speakers for many years and I can vouch for… Continue Reading
They Like China Law Blog. They Really Like Us.
Posted in Good People, Recommended ReadingBack when China Law Blog was a young pup, the Wall Street Journal Blog referenced one of our posts and we went all Sally Fields about that. We ran a post, entitled, “The Wall Street Journal — They Like Us. They Really Like Us,” the sole purpose of which (near as I can tell nearly… Continue Reading
China And Its People. Just ONE Book.
Posted in China Travel, Good People, Recommended ReadingMy firm is in the throes of defending a strike suit brought against Sea Shepherd by Japanese whaling interests. The Japanese whalers are seeking an injunction to stop Sea Shepherd. Under U.S. law, to get equity, one must do equity and one of the things we have learned about the Japanese whaler plaintiffs that we… Continue Reading
China’s Candle Production. Nothing Is Static.
Posted in Good People, Recommended ReadingYou can blow out a candle But you can’t blow out a fire Once the flames begin to catch The wind will blow it higher Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko Yihla Moja, Yihla Moja -The man is dead And the eyes of the world are watching now watching now From the song, Biko, by Peter… Continue Reading
China In America. Newton, Iowa, Edition.
Posted in China Travel, Good PeopleJust spent the last day and a half in the heart of Iowa. Though I was there to be on a bunch of panels at Grinnell College, parents weekend there necessitated that I spend my nights in the neighboring town of Newton, Iowa. Newton has a population of about 15,000 and it is known for… Continue Reading
Cool China T-Shirts. At Last.
Posted in China Business, Good PeopleI spent my junior year in high school in Istanbul, Turkey. Before I left Istanbul, I sold all of my English language t-shirts for around three times what I had paid for them new. I remember getting $30 for my “Harris County Community College” t-shirt, which should have had no value to anyone other than… Continue Reading
China Fashion. One Day You’re In… And One Day You’re Out.
Posted in Events, Good PeopleI live in a house with three fashion-conscious females, which means a fairly steady TV diet of Project Runway and Fashion Police (both of which I really like), Say Yes to the Dress (which I hate) and What Not to Wear (which I despise maybe more than any show on TV). Overall, I love fashion… Continue Reading
China Law Blog Wants You To Suffer.
Posted in Good PeopleYesterday, one of our lawyers, Mathew Alderson, wrote an overall pretty favorable review of Martin Jacques’ book, When China Rules the World. In the comments section to that post, an excellent discussion is ensuing, mostly focusing on whether or not Jacques’ various thesis are correct. I personally liked and agreed with the comment from “thinking… 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
Noodle Blogs: Your Absence Swells My Eyes With Tears, So I Am Seeing “Red In China.”
Posted in Good People, Recommended ReadingBy Damjan DeNoble Years ago Dan used the phrase “Noodle Blogging” to describe China blogs (often written by ESL teachers) that focused mostly on the blogger’s personal impressions of China. Most of these blogs do not last long (they typically end when the blogger returns to his or her home country) but some of them… Continue Reading
Anti-Monopoly Law And Practice In China: A Must Read.
Posted in Good People, Legal News, Recommended ReadingI recently received the book, Anti-Monopoly Law and Practice in China, written by H. Stephen Harris, Jr. (no relation), Peter J. Wang, Yizhe Zhang, Mark A. Cohen, and Sebastian J. Evrard. All of the authors are practicing lawyers, one with Microsoft, one with Baker & McKenzie, and the others with Jones Day. I know this… Continue Reading
Google+ For China. You Heard It Here First.
Posted in Events, Good People, Recommended ReadingJust read a surprisingly interesting article on social networking on Business Insider, entitled “LinkedIn CEO: Does Anybody Have The Free Time For Google+?.” The article is on recent talks given by Linkedin CEO Jeff Weiner, super-agent Ari Emanuel (of Entourage fame) and Kara Swisher of AllThingsD. Among other things, these three talked about the limitations of… Continue Reading
Martin Jacques On Understanding The Rise Of China.
Posted in Events, Good PeopleA client of mine directed me to a link of a Tedx talk by Martin Jacques on China. I watched it and liked it so much I wanted to share it with our readers. You can watch and listen to the speech here and below is a transcription of Mr. Jacques’ speech. It is certainly… Continue Reading
China Business. It Helps To Know The Culture.
Posted in China Business, Good PeopleA few months ago I spoke at a seminar out East at which Jason Patent also spoke. Jason gave the single best talk I have ever seen/heard on the cultural differences between China and the United States as those differences relate to business. Based on that, I asked him to write some guest posts on China’s… 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
Chinese Business Law and Practice. Santiago, Chile, November 25-26, 2010.
Posted in Events, Good PeoplePontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (Catholic University of Chile) is putting on a China law seminar in Santiago, Chile, later this month. The seminar will take place on November 25 and November 26 and I am confident it will be excellent. For more information on the conference go here and to register go here. My confidence… Continue Reading
China Business Network. It’s Everywhere You Want To Be.
Posted in China Business, Good PeopleI have been a member and a big fan of The Chinese Business Network for quite some time and I have been meaning to write a post on it for nearly as long. But the site is so all-encompassing, I have not really known what to say beyond, “go there, you will like it. But… Continue Reading
China Tweeting/Twittering. Et Tu?
Posted in Good PeopleA month or so ago, I did a post, entitled, “25+ China People You Should Follow On Twitter. Not One “China Expert” Among Them.” I did it in response to a client asking me for a list of China people he should be following and my post consisted of little more than me pulling this… Continue Reading
China Law Blog Wins ABA Journal Best Blog Award. Thanks All Its Loyal Readers.
Posted in Good PeopleThe American Bar Association (ABA) Journal has came out with its top ten law blogs of 2009 and I am happy to report China Law Blog once again made this very difficult cut. The ABA Journal editors first chose the best 100 blawgs in ten categories, ranging from Practice Specific to Legal Theory and Geo… Continue Reading
LAST CHANCE: Vote China Law Blog
Posted in Good PeopleIn about 24 hours, voting for the American Bar Association’s best blawgs will be over. In the meantime, we need you. Really badly. The ABA (American Bar Association) Journal editors once again have chosen us as one of the top 100 law blogs and given the final decision on best blog in each category out… Continue Reading
China Law Blog: Will Beg For Your Vote
Posted in Good PeopleOne of the things I cannot stand about public television and public radio here in the U.S. is how they constantly beg for money. Well I am proud to announce we are not doing that. We are instead begging for your vote and your endorsement. The ABA (American Bar Association) Journal editors have once again… Continue Reading
China’s VanceInfo “Done Good” And We Are Honored To Have Helped.
Posted in Good PeopleOne of the things we lawyers have to live with is secrecy. Put simply, if we reveal client confidences we can lose our licenses. This necessarily leads us to be über careful. I have been uber careful about not mentioning a transaction in which my firm represented the Chinese company VanceInfo. The transaction was between… Continue Reading
The King Of Diplomacy On China-US Relations.
Posted in Good PeopleI have always loved the television commercials where some cheesy guy wearing a crown (presumably the owner of the appliance store or whatever else it is that is being advertised) screams out the discounts you can expect to get by shopping at his store. If my memory serves me right, I’ve been witness to the… Continue Reading
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