I 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. [...]
Excellent article by Andrew Hupert (of China Solved fame) in a recent issue of the China Economic Review. The article is entitled, “When Chinese dreams meet the real world: Western negotiators in China need to keep their heads out of the clouds, and it gives five great tips for negotiating with Chinese companies, of which [...]
I feel a little bit silly doing this post right on the heels of my having done a number of posts on how China Rep Offices are becoming such a rarity (here and here). However, the post from which I got this idea is so good and so much of its information is relevant [...]
A reader just sent me this link to China’s State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) and asked me what I thought of it. My response was that I assume it is accurate and it does a really nice job in setting out the basics of China’s patent laws. The link is in an FAQ [...]
On Tuesday evening, April 6, I am going to be part of a stellar panel at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, discussing “Doing Business in China: For Better or Worse.” Click here for full information and to sign up.
The club describes the event as follows:
Google’s recent struggle with China over censorship has [...]
I am trying to see how many posts I can do with Google and Rio Tinto in the title, despite my earlier claims that neither of those matters are terribly relevant to doing business in China. Though the media views those matters as signaling a sea-change in China, I simply view them as part of [...]
In going through my hard copy of Asia Legal Business today, I came across an article I wrote a few months back. The article is called “A China That Can Say No,” and though it was written at the very beginning of the Google imbroglio, I think it holds up well. Its thesis [...]
Loved an article in this month’s Asia Law Business, entitled, “Boutique firms gain market from general practices.” The article is written by Rashida Yosufzai and I have multiple reasons for loving it. First, the headline alone is music to my ears as my firm is, as far as I know, the only United [...]
Will Moss over at ImageThief has a great post on the Google-China brouhaha, entitled, “A handy cheat sheet for interpreting the Google China story.” The post is allegedly a tongue-in-cheek cheat sheet of how Google’s leaving China is viewed/spun, depending on the perspective. But it actually is a great analysis of what is [...]
The International Law and Policy Blog is just out with a post that very nicely summarizes various positions on China’s currency. The post is entitled, “Summary of China Currency Views,” and it seeks to do the following:
I thought it might be interesting to gather up the various views that have been expressed on the China [...]