During the first 25 years of China’s opening up process, joint ventures were the favored vehicle for FDI in China. In 2005, the favored form of investment shifted away from JVs to direct investment through WOFEs (Wholly Foreign Owned Entities). During the last year, however, foreign SMEs have been shifting away from WFOEs and back… Continue Reading
Tag Archives: manufacturing
China Still The Place For Manufacturing
Posted in China BusinessThere have been countless articles written on how the end of cheap China will mean the end of foreign companies going to China, but that has barely happened at all. This article, “Analysis: Investors make $100 billion bet on China’s drive up value chain,” by Kevin Yao of Reuters, nicely encapsulates what is going on… Continue Reading
Selling Illegal Product From China. Hey, That’s Your Job.
Posted in Legal NewsMy law firm is right now defending a large Chinese company in a big United States litigation matter. Our client is being sued, for among other things, having provided a product that failed to meet U.S. environmental standards. Our defense to this claim is that the American plaintiff had the responsibility to make sure that… Continue Reading
Myanmar Foreign Investment. The Reality On The Ground.
Posted in China BusinessBy: Steve Dickinson As I mentioned, my first post on Myanmar, “Myanmar Foreign Investment. Initial Impressions Are That It Is China’s Opposite.” was heavily theoretical. Dan and I did have a chance to travel and to meet with local lawyers and business people. This gave us the chance to find a little of the reality… Continue Reading
A China Factory Inspection Checklist
Posted in China BusinessClient sent this to me the other day because he liked it and I do too. The “this” is a China factory inspections checklist compiled by Carson Block (pre-Muddy Waters), for the Doing Business in China for Dummies book. The list is online here and it suggests that your on site factory due diligence consist… Continue Reading
Where Were You (China) During The Third Industrial Revolution?
Posted in UncategorizedLittle bit behind on my Economist reading, but just read a seriously thought provoking article, entitled, “The third industrial revolution: The digitisation of manufacturing will transform the way goods are made—and change the politics of jobs too.” The thesis of the article (and one which I completely buy) is that we are on the… Continue Reading
China NNN Agreements. Watching The Sausage Get Made.
Posted in Legal NewsProbably more than any other agreement, there is a conception out there that it is just fine to use an off the shelf NDA Agreement when dealing with China. Wrong…. At least as much as with any other sort of agreement, it is critical to tailor your NNN Agreement (we call our NDA Agreements NNN… Continue Reading
China IP Protection. Good Luck With That.
Posted in Legal NewsOne of the recurrent (sometimes underlying, sometimes explicit) themes of this blog is that if you combine best legal practices with best operational practices, you’ll do just fine in China. For the second time in the last few months, this proposition has taken a major hit. The first time was in “How To Achieve Problem… Continue Reading
Innovation In China. It’s Happening, But Not How You Think.
Posted in China Business, Recommended ReadingDavid Barboza, the New York Times’ crackerjack Shanghai business correspondent, recently did a story on his interview with Dan Breznitz and Michael Murphree, authors of the book, Run of the Red Queen: Government, Innovation, Globalization, and Economic Growth in China. The book (which I have not yet read) is, according to Barboza, about “China’s innovation… Continue Reading
China’s 12th Five Year Plan. Infrastructure, Infrastructure, And More Infrastructure. Did We Say Infrastructure?
Posted in China Business, EventsBy: Steve Dickinson On Monday, March 14, The PRC National People’s Congress approved China’s 12th Five Year Plan and the outline of the plan was released to the public yesterday. The full 105-page document can be found (in Chinese) here. I am now reviewing the plan and over the next several weeks I will provide a… Continue Reading
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