Just got an email complimenting us for being on the US Library of Congress’s China section to its Guide to Law online. This was actually news to us as was the existence of this site at all. But present company excluded, its list of legal guides to China is a good one, and here it… Continue Reading
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Subscribe to Recommended Reading RSS FeedDrafting China Contracts Using Ken Adams’ “A Manual Of Style For Contract Drafting”
Posted in Legal News, Recommended ReadingThough most of the contracts my law firm writes for our China clients are in Chinese, the first draft is virtually always in English (though sometimes they are in Spanish, Russian, German or Korean). We draft the contract in English and provide that draft to the client for their review. Once the client has given… Continue Reading
Doing business in China: Being efficient isn’t enough
Posted in China Business, Recommended ReadingJust read a fascinating post at a fascinating blog with which I was not previously familiar. The blog is Global Michigan, and it is run by William Foreman as a “showcase” for the international research and other internationally related activity at the University of Michigan. If you are interested in the world (and who isn’t), I recommend… Continue Reading
Steve Blank On China Startups
Posted in Recommended ReadingSteve Blank, oftentimes referred to as a “Master of Innovation” and the guy who launched the Lean Startup movement, recently spent a few weeks in China scoping out its high tech apparatus. Upon his return, Blank wrote five lengthy and wonky posts on China startups/technology/entrepreneurialism/venture capital in China. I skimmed them enough to be able… Continue Reading
The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. In 49 Languages.
Posted in Legal News, Recommended ReadingLearn something new every day. The other day a client told me of how every year he gives a copy of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act to all of his China and Vietnam employees in their native language. I was impressed by this and asked if he might provide me with the translated copies he… Continue Reading
Asian Megacities. Seoul vs. Shanghai vs. Beijing.
Posted in Recommended ReadingExcellent/fascinating/incisive analysis of why Seoul is constantly becoming a “nicer” city and why Shanghai and Beijing are not. Whatever the explanation (the writer attributes it to politics), I think he (Guy Sorman) has nailed it in this City Journal article, entitled, “Asian Megacities: How politics has shaped the growth of Shanghai, Beijing, and Seoul.” I… Continue Reading
For China Statistics It’s No Quandry, It’s Quandl
Posted in China Business, Recommended ReadingI’m addicted to Quandl. Quandl bills itself as”Intelligent Search for Numerical Data” and it most certainly is. It has all sorts of China statistics in eminently readable and searchable formats. It also has a curated page on China (you have to go down the homepage a bit to find it) that accurately describes itself as… Continue Reading
Landed China: How To Buy Real Estate In China.
Posted in China Business, Recommended ReadingJust finished reading/skimming the book, Landed China by Christopher Dillon and I quite like it. Landed China is a guide to buying real property in China. It is clearly written, yet comprehensive and bursting with detail. Dillon has written similar books on real property in Japan and in Hong Kong and he just flat out… Continue Reading
China Immigration Law. A Good Site.
Posted in Recommended ReadingJust came across this China immigration law site and I rather like it, especially since there is a real paucity of such information in English on the web. The site is the China page of an international immigration and global migration law firm called Berry Appelman & Leiden LLP. I had never heard of them… Continue Reading
China Social Media. THE Infographic That Explains It All.
Posted in China Business, Recommended ReadingI love inforgraphics. Seriously, who doesn’t? I particularly love inforgraphics that I know are super-important and revealing, even though I do not quite know exactly why. I double love them when they look and seem cool. The Social Media Landscape @China 2013 qualifies on all counts. And it even has a super-cool name to boot —… Continue Reading
China’s12th National People’s Congress.
Posted in China Business, Recommended ReadingThe following is a guest post from the good people at the Brunswick Group, reviewing the results of the 12th National People’s Congress. Monday morning Beijing awoke to clear skies across the capital – the first clear skies for a number of days – if not the entire Lianghui. It might be a stretch to… Continue Reading
The Sinocism China Newsletter. Who Could Ask For Anything More?
Posted in Recommended ReadingEvery so often I get a scathing comment from an anonymous commenter on how we intentionally ignore such and such blog because we don’t want “the competition.” That is completely untrue. We ignore the blogs mentioned because we do not think they have little to nothing to say. But there is one site about which… Continue Reading
A Jing Ulrich Podcast On China’s Economy
Posted in Recommended ReadingOn the recommendation of a loyal reader, I just listened to Jing Ulrich talk about China’s economy over at China Money Podcast. Ms. Ulrich heads up Global Markets at J.P. Morgan and I definitely put her on the very short list of those discussing China’s economy who actually know whereof they speak. If you want… Continue Reading
Reuters’ Connected China. It’s Beautiful And It Helps.
Posted in Recommended ReadingReuters very recently came out with a very attractive, very graphics oriented website on China called Connected China. The site is broken out into the following five categories: China 101 Social Power Institutional Power Career Comparison Featured Stories “China 101″ provides a brief, but nicely done history of China. The “Social Power,” Institutional Power” and… Continue Reading
Product Testing Labs In China
Posted in Recommended ReadingVery helpful post over at the always very helpful Quality Inspection Tips blog, entitled, “List of the big testing laboratories in China.” The post sets out a list of product testing labs in China, with all sorts of contact information and personnell names. If you are involved in manufacturing in China, this list will likely prove… Continue Reading
China Blogs Wanted
Posted in Recommended ReadingJust went through some blog list housecleaning, deleting a number of blogs that have not posted for many months. Our blogroll is now down to 33 recommended blogs, which is fine with me. But it got me to thinking that it has been quite some time since I put to you, our loyal readers, what… Continue Reading
Doing Business In China. Speed Kills.
Posted in Recommended ReadingTime – He’s waiting in the wings He speaks of senseless things His script is you and me boys. David Bowie, Time Just read a really good/really interesting blog post on Learning Chinese Business, entitled, “Closing Deals in China: A Study in Relativity.” The post is written by Justin Shuttleworth, who is described as having “lived… Continue Reading
The Rise Of New Shanghai
Posted in Recommended ReadingWhat makes a city great? I just got back from a week in New York and I just love the place. I love that I can go to a place like Russ & Daughters, a Jewish food shop, staffed by South Americans and a Sherpa (yes a real Sherpa) who speak some Yiddish. I love… Continue Reading
China IP. The Blog.
Posted in Recommended ReadingTime that I mention a really good and high-level blog that focuses on China IP. The blog is called China IPR and it is headed up by Mark Cohen, a law professor at Fordham Law School. It completely accurately describes itself as follows: ChinaIPR.com is published by Mark Allen Cohen, a Visiting Professor of Law at Fordham… Continue Reading
Running A China Tech Office. It’s Not About The Tech.
Posted in Recommended ReadingJust finished the book, The Disconnect Patterns: Notes for Managing a U.S.-China High Technology Company, by Raj Karamchedu. Karamchedu spent many years managing the China office of a US high tech company and this book sets what others in similar positions need to know. Though the book is aimed at technology companies, the advice it contains… Continue Reading
Promising China Blog: China Business Hand
Posted in Recommended ReadingBack in the old days, one of my favorite continuing series of posts was the one highlighting promising China blogs. We take our blogroll very seriously and we do not like adding blogs to it until they have stood the test of time. Far too many blogs start out really well for a half a… Continue Reading
Getting Your WFOE Approved In China. What It Really Takes.
Posted in Recommended ReadingThe United States Chamber of Commerce recently came out with a report comprehensively detailing what it takes to get a foreign investment approved in China. I started skimming it, but stopped becuase it caused a sinking feeling in my stomach as it hit too close to home. But for anyone wondering why it takes so damn much… Continue Reading
China NGOs. There’s A Blog For That.
Posted in Recommended ReadingI have been a faithful reader of the NGOs in China Blog for a long long time and I just realized that I should be sharing that blog with our readers. It is written by Shawn Shieh, who describes himself and his blog as follows: I received my Ph.D. in political science from Columbia University…. Continue Reading
China Food Safety And Sustainability. Not So Fishy.
Posted in Recommended ReadingIn working with a United States fishing company that is looking to expand its operations in China, I came across a very thoughtful article on food safety in China’s fishing industry. The article is written by a respected publisher in the seafood industry, and someone I have known for years: John Sackton of Seafood.com. The… Continue Reading
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