If you don’t know this yet after reading our blog, you should tattoo on your forearm that “there is no such thing as boilerplate in a China contract.” That's really true for any contract. I don't care how long or short, important or casual. The boilerplate (or standard terms and conditions) section of a contract
In January 2020, we warned American companies about potential problems stemming from forced labor in China: Forced labor is a reality in China. And if you source from China, you need to keep close tabs on your supply chain to avoid forced labor becoming a part of it. In addition to the ethical and reputational
I constantly get emails asking me (often in an accusatory or conspiratorial tone) why the China Law Blog didn't write about such and such. As tensions with China increase, the number of these emails have also increased and I am going to respond to a random bunch of them here so I can simply link
Señorita Yanyi is a popular vlogger who describes herself as a "China Boricua," that is, a Puerto Rican Chinese. Born in China, her family moved to Puerto Rico when she was a baby. At some point later on she moved to New York. I highly suggest you check out her videos, in which she effortlessly
China Lawyer Scams and Bad China Contracts: How Foreign Companies Get Burned Foreign companies doing business in China spend plenty of time worrying about dishonest suppliers, IP theft, unpaid invoices, disappearing manufacturers, and unreliable distributors. They spend much less time worrying about the person they hired to protect them from those problems. That can be
As the PRC plans for the next decade of Xi Jinping rule, economic planning is at the forefront. Xi Jinping's core policy for that decade is his new concept of dual circulation 双循环. The concept is that for economic development China must rely both on domestic economic development and on China's participation in the international
One of the things I've done since the inception of this blog is try to help young people in trouble in China. Mostly this has involved my telling thousands of English teachers NOT to cause a stink with their employers that have not paid them. I tell them I understand why they are angering at
Got an email from an American client this morning asking me whether I was aware of how American companies that do "significant" business with China cannot receive Paycheck Protection Program (PPP2) loans. I replied that I was not, because my focus is not on domestic U.S. law or business. But then I started thinking more
On January 3, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced a ban on cotton products and tomato products produced in Xinjiang, based on information "that reasonably indicates the use of detainee or prison labor and situations of forced labor." This does not come as a surprise: We warned about such a ban on cotton in
U.S. companies’ relationships with their Chinese business partners have been strained in the past year, and that has only accelerated the past few months, as we have noted in prior blog posts (see The US-China Trade War: What’s Next?, When Will the US-China Trade War End? It’s the New Normal, and The US-China Trade War:
