About a year ago, I spoke at a Berkeley Law School class regarding hostage taking in China. I presume I was brought on to speak about this because I helped Professor Chris Carr write an academic article on hostage taking in China, Commercial Hostages: Local vs. Foreigner Business Disputes in China. At my Berkeley talk,
As buyers work to diversify their supply chains out of China, many are finding the process extremely difficult. Most buyers are finding they have been spoiled by China. Foreign buyers have been working in China for over thirty years and during that thirty year period, these buyers have been training Chinese suppliers on the whole
China trademark protections just keep getting better
Being first to market is usually no protection at all. You must protect your IP from China with IP registrations and appropriate contracts.
China company due diligence is needed now more than ever.
The Five keys to succeeding in a foreign country.
U.S. and China are decoupling. Get used to it and start acting accordingly.
Third party hiring agencies and PEOs are risky for China.
The contracts Chinese companies provide to their foreign counter-parties are typically terrible because the Chinese company wants them to be terrible.
