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为什么不在中国教英语
如果你想在中国从事英语教学工作，我强烈建议你不要这样做。到越南、泰国、日本、西班牙、墨西哥、哥伦比亚、巴西、捷克共和国或世界上其他任何地方去找这样的工作吧。我之所以这么说，是因为在中国教英语已经变得如此腐败、可怕、具有剥削性和风险性。
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Selling Online Games to China
1. China Prohibits Foreign Investment in Online Game Publishing Goreign companies are not allowed to invest in online game publishing in China. Reiterated in the 2016 Administration Rules for Online Publishing Service (2016 OPS Rules), online games are considered online publications and offering such publications via information networks is providing online publishing services. According to
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Sports Broadcast Copyright in China: the Stranglehold of Originality
I recently spoke in Beijing at a conference on legal protection of sports broadcasts, organized by the National Copyright Administration of China (NCAC) and the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Other speakers included Chinese judges, Chinese and American lawyers and academics, sports league and broadcaster general counsel, and American and European IP officials. What
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A China IP Reality Check
A strange and fascinating story is unfolding in the world of Chinese reality television programming. One of the most popular shows in China, The Voice of China, is embroiled in legal controversy, and the outcome could affect every content license in China. Okay, that might be a bit of hyperbole, but still, this is one
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Media Piracy and the End of Chinese Cultural Exceptionalism
A reader sent me a link to a report on Media Piracy in Emerging Economies. The report, put out by the American Assembly at Columbia University, “is the first independent, large-scale study of music, film and software piracy in emerging economies, with a focus on Brazil, India, Russia, South Africa, Mexico and Bolivia.” It is
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How to Violate Chinese Law and Get Away With It: Don’t Go There.
In Cashing in on Internet Censorship, CNN News writes how business for Virtual Private Network (VPN) companies is booming these days, thanks largely to China and Iran. The article discusses how “foreign companies are profiting from software that allows circumvention of government internet controls.” The article quotes one of my law firm’s international attorneys on how