Been a bit consumed preparing for a China seminar I am co-hosting. Today I spoke with Sage Brennan, one of the consumer products panelists and we ran through some possible questions. I threw out the following question as a possibility: ”What are some of the most pervasive myths you see about the Chinese consumer.” Sage’s… Continue Reading
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China’s Train Wreck. I’m Not The Guy.
Posted in China BusinessI have a policy that if I receive five or more emails asking me to write on something, I will write on it. I very intentionally have not written on China’s recent train crash, but I have received well over five mails either suggesting I do so, or calling me out for not having done… Continue Reading
China Corruption By The Numbers.
Posted in China Business, Legal NewsI gave a talk yesterday at a China seminar on litigating against Chinese companies in which I discussed suing Chinese companies in China. At one point, while musing about the cases my firm has overseen in China I remarked that I was not aware of any cases having been decided based on corruption. I then… Continue Reading
THE Book On The FCPA, Including China.
Posted in Legal NewsNew York mega-firm Hughes Hubbard & Reed (home of eDiscovery guru and friend Ross Lipman) has just come out with its incredibly current, helpful and thorough “FCPA/Anti-Bribery Mid-Year Alert 2010“ (h/t The FCPA Blog). If you are doing business in or with China or with any foreign country, you must put this Mid-Year Alert on… Continue Reading
Shanghai Corruption, Beijing Battles And The Fight For China Leadership
Posted in Recommended ReadingNewsweek International just came out with a long, thoughtful piece on the broader significance of the Shanghai corruption scandal. Entitled, “Beijing Battle: The ouster of Shanghai’s powerful party chief may be the first salvo in the battle for supremacy among the next generation of Chinese leaders,” the article views (rightfully I think) the scandal as… Continue Reading
Vietnam — Tastes Like China Lite
Posted in China BusinessMy mother, bless her heart, ALWAYS orders chicken whenever she eats dinner out. Those few times I’ve convinced her to order something else, she ends up saying it “tastes like chicken” anyway. I mention this because I worry that I am doing the same thing with Vietnam in comparing it to China. But I cannot… Continue Reading
China’s Golden Cities — The Private Sector Is A Good Thing
Posted in China BusinessNewsweek International just ran a story, entitled, “China’s Golden Cities,” on the preliminary results of a World Bank study indicating China’s cities are doing much better than widely believed, and not just those cities on the coast. The study is based on a survey of 12,400 Chinese companies in 120 Chinese cities, and though the… Continue Reading
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