Most of my China employment work is for employers, but in the last few years, my work representing expat employees keeps rising and it now equals roughly ten percent of my China employment practice. This increase in expat employment law matters is due to two things: Chinese companies are hiring more expats, and word has
当我还是个十岁左右的小男孩，在美国中部小镇长大时，我最好的朋友之一皮特·柯林斯（又名"大块头"）不知怎么弄到了本地一场职业摔跤比赛的门票。于是我们去了某个拼凑得令人作呕的体育馆看比赛——
Old pirates, yes, they rob I Sold I to the merchant ships — Bob Marley’s Redemption Song 1. The Canton Fair The 125th Canton Fair will kick off on April 15th. For those unfamiliar with this event (formally known as the China Import and Export Fair), it is China’s largest trade show, held biannually in
1. 许多企业欲撤离中国我认识的一位中国律师被记者问及：若达成贸易协议，中美商业关系能否恢复正常？他的回复如下（摘自邮件）：无论中美达成何种协议，都将导致所有人——
Robert Walsh, sometime Seattle resident and long-time friend of our law firm (we have worked on a number of Asia deals together and we — Dan and Steve — met up with him on our last trip to Myanmar), has spent the last four years in Myanmar, where he operates a vibrant business consultancy. Robert
I wrote the below post regarding the Qingdao Film Metropolis project in April of 2018. After we ran the post, I received threats of legal action and of violence against both me and my family. That led us to take the post down but now that Wanda has completely pulled out of the Film Metropolis
Before I explain what to do if arrested in China, I should set out the following “whys” behind this post: 1. Foreigners get arrested overseas all the time. Not just in China. 2. Foreigners get arrested all the time in China, for all sorts of things, including for things that would not be crimes in
Yesterday, in Would the Last Foreign Company in China Please Turn Off the Lights, Part 2, I discussed the recent arrest of Meng Wanzhou and Chinese government threats by the Chinese government against the United States and Canada for that arrest. A lot has been written about how China may retaliate against US and Canadian
With all that has been happening with China lately on trade, Thailand is emerging as a very attractive investment destination. Thailand has consistent and well-defined investment policies, increasing regional connections, and a government committed to improving its transportation infrastructure. It also (for the most part) has had long-term political and economic stability. Thailand is emerging
Though we’ve written about this many times previously, I’m writing about it again today because my law firm’s China lawyers have been seeing a lot more of this lately, especially as against European companies. We have been getting a number of emails lately from companies asking us if what their Chinese counter-parties are asking them
