Chinese companies are seeking out technology wherever and however they can find it and our China lawyers have been writing a slew of China technology licensing agreements of late. Sometimes these deals come to us as China licensing deals, but other times, they come into our law firm as putative joint ventures, but after our
China Policy: READ IT
Foreign Policy Magazine just came out with an exceptionally clear-headed, exceptionally valuable article on the derivations/influences of China’s foreign policy, entitled (in part and when you see the full title you will probably understand why I shortened it) How China’s History Shapes its Policies Today.
I posted it on our China Law Blog Facebook
There’s More to China (and Life) Than Gloom and Doom
In the last week, from most recent to oldest, we wrote about the following:
1. How Chinese companies steal your intellectual property.
2. How terminating your employees in China can come back and bite you.
3. How difficult it can be to figure out the capital requirements for your WFOE.
4. How
A Report from Myanmar from an old China Hand
Robert Walsh, sometime Seattle resident and long-time friend of our law firm (we worked on a number of China deals together and we — Dan and Steve — met up with him on our last trip to Myanmar), has spent the last four years in Myanmar, where he operates a vibrant business consultancy.
China Negotiating, China Healthcare, Deers in Headlights: This is China
I have recently been communicating via email with a good friend of mine who has lived in Shanghai for around 20 years. He had written me about our recent series on negotiating with Chinese companies. In particular, we talked about when we push back against the Chinese companies, they are completely unprepared and assume
Doing Business in China: The North Korea Guide
North Korea as a guide to doing business in China. It’s a long story, but let me explain.
The other day I got a call from an old client who used to do business with North Korea. Yes North Korea. Many years ago, this fishing company had explored doing a deal with North Korea, during
The US-China Trade War Blog: A Must Read
Since we took down our blogroll last year, I feel it is more incumbent upon us than ever to highlight other blogs and other sites and other writings we see as being helpful to our readers. Towards that end I emphatically recommend the US-China Trade War Blog.
Though nominally written by a BigLaw firm,
On Being a China Lawyer and on Doing Business In China: An Interview, Part 2
I was interviewed last year by Jason Aquino of Scouts Consulting as part of an ongoing interview series on strategy and innovation in business, sports, and national security. Jason will be releasing this series of interviews in the future, but
Killing Our Blogroll ≠ Our Own Death, Which Has Been Greatly Exaggerated
In just the last week, I have received around ten emails and a comment or two on the blog bemoaning the death of our China Law Blog. The below are two of the favorable ones:
I have heard
China’s Washington State Connections
When we first starting writing this blog nearly ten years ago, we often heard from people surprised by our having an international law firm based in Seattle. Why Seattle, we were often asked. Back then I would patiently (well patiently for me anyway) explain how Washington State is more dependent on and probably more open