I have been writing too much about foreign companies looking to leave China and not enough about foreign companies looking to get into China. For the last few months, the work lives of the international lawyers at my law firm have been tilted towards those looking to leave China, rather than to get into China,
I got an angry email yesterday in response to my having predicted a decline in manufacturing orders from China. The email accused me of “hating China” and wanting “to impede its peaceful” rise and of being “jealous of its progress.” All this because we have lately been writing how many of our law firm’s clients
Not surprisingly, our China lawyers are seeing a massive increase in foreign companies seeking to reduce or eliminate their China ties. Many are seeking to terminate their relationship with their Chinese suppliers and move production elsewhere (so far, it’s been mostly to Vietnam, Taiwan, Poland, Thailand, Mexico, Brazil, India and Malaysia). The other day I
لا أقصد أن أبدو متشائمًا هنا. فمنذ بداية هذا المدونة تقريبًا، كنا نكتب عن ضرورة إنشاء كيان قانوني صيني إذا كنت تمارس نشاطًا تجاريًا في الصين، سواء كان ذلك في شكل شركة مملوكة بالكامل لأجانب (WFOE) أو مشروع مشترك (JV) أو مكتب تمثيلي (RO). وفي كل مرة تقريبًا، كانت كتاباتنا حول
غالبًا ما تتصل الشركات بمحامينا في الصين للاستفسار عن «كيفية تحويل الأموال من الصين». وعادةً ما تنشأ هذه الاستفسارات عندما تقوم كيانات صينية بشراء أصول مثل العقارات أو الأسهم والأوراق المالية الأخرى، ثم تتخلف عن الوفاء بالتزاماتها المالية المتعلقة بالصفقة. ويدعي الجانب الصيني أنه يرغب في السداد، لكن الحكومة الصينية
يُعد تطوير السيارات ذاتية القيادة محور خطة الحكومة الصينية لإعادة تصميم قطاعي التصنيع والتكنولوجيا لديها. وقد ابتكر الصينيون مصطلح «المركبات الذكية والمتصلة» (ICV) (智能网联汽车) ليكون مصطلحهم الفني الخاص بالنسخة الصينية من السباق الدولي نحو هدف تقني صعب. وتُعد المركبات الذكية والمتصلة هدفًا مثاليًا
It is nearly always a good idea to have your Chinese counter-party “chop” or “seal” your China contracts with their official China company chop. There are many types of company chops. Which one should be used? How do you know if the company chop is real? What does a real China company chop look like?
A few weeks ago I got a fascinating email from someone in response to my post, Top Ten Reasons Chinese Companies Fail in America. But before you read this email, let me make clear that there are Chinese companies that do a good job operating in the United States and my publishing this email is NOT intended
President Trump last week announced that the U.S. will impose 25% tariffs on about $50 billion worth of Chinese imports, to punish China for its “systematic theft” of U.S. intellectual property and/or to reduce America’s trade deficit with China. China fired back by announcing it would impose 25% tariffs on about $50 billion worth of
Over the past couple weeks, the Chinese Internet has been abuzz with chatter about how Chinese movie stars allegedly underreport income via a dual-contract system in which only one contract is disclosed to the tax authorities. The ruckus started when television personality Cui Yongyuan uploaded a redacted actor employment contract apparently for Chinese A-list actress
