English Translations of Chinese Laws Every couple of weeks, someone asks one of our China lawyers for an English translation of a Chinese law or cites one of our blog posts as an explanation for a decision they made or are contemplating making. The Pitfalls of Using Translated Chinese Laws for Decision Making China's laws
Companies seeking to form a China WFOE are often confused about WFOE minimum registered capital requirements. Part of the confusion stems from disreputable entity formation companies that claim to know exactly how much will be required and boast of their ability to get the Chinese government to agree to a low amount. Under Chinese law,
The Chinese Portion of Your Contract is What Matters One of the most common trix employed by Chinese companies against American and European companies is fooling the American/European company into believing that the English version of their contract actually matters. My law firm's China lawyers often see this from companies that come to us for
I was recently emailing with a reporter regarding how Memoranda of Understanding, (MOU) and Letters of Intent (LOIs) are so different in China than in the United States/Britain and how that difference often causes early discord between Chinese and American companies. We started the discussion by talking about the differences in the meaning of Memoranda
One of the most common calls our China lawyers get is the one from someone saying they want to "start a business in China." The first thing we do with that sort of caller is to seek to ascertain whether a China business is actually necessary. Forming and then operating a business entity in China
Switching Employers in China and Keeping Your Work Permit China's faltering economy has led to job losses for Chinese citizens and foreigners alike and my law firm has been seeing an increasing volume of emails from foreign employees seeking legal assistance regarding their China work permits. Navigating employer switches in China requires preparation and --
David Wolf at The Silicon Hutong blog just came out with a superb post riffing on the meaning of guanxi. The post A Few Notes on Guanxi [Link no longer exists] more accurately and concisely defines guanxi than anything I've seen. It is so good and so important, I feel I have no choice but
On January 1, 2006, China implemented its New Company Law. At around that same time, Steve Dickinson wrote a scholarly article on the new law for the Pacific Rim Law & Policy Journal, entitled, Introduction to the New Company Law of the People's Republic of China. At around the same time, Steve wrote the China
