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Want to Keep Your Business in China? Do These Things NOW

China today announced that it will be ridding China of unreliable people and companies. See China is establishing an ‘unreliable entities’ list that will include companies and people. Specifically, China’s Ministry of Commerce announced it will kick out of China “foreign enterprises, organizations and individuals that do not comply with market rules, violate the spirit

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China Employment Contracts and the Employment Term

Our clients are always asking us how they should set the employment term — especially the initial employment term — in their China employment contracts. The short answer is the typical lawyer answer: it depends on the situation. This being said, for new employees, our China employment lawyers usually recommend a three year initial term.

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为什么现在是加倍努力在中国做生意的好时机?

1.中国和西方之间的情况很糟糕 在昨天的文章《在中国做生意或与中国做生意:我谈到了我们如何努力摆脱对中国和西方之间不断下降的关系的关注,而更多地关注中国的商业机会,其中仍然有很多。

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美中冷战从现在开始:你必须做什么准备

1.美中关系恶化不应令人惊讶 从美中贸易谈判一开始,我们就明确地对达成协议的可能性持否定态度,我们为此受到了大量的批评,包括通过仇恨邮件、网络,甚至来自我们自己的一些客户,他们指责我们太过

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(Before) Accepting a Job in China: The Questions to Ask

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

国际制造业律师
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在中国建立你自己的工厂:基础知识

尽管存在贸易紧张局势、中国经济下滑以及整体的不确定性,我们的中国律师一直在不断收到希望在中国建立自己的工厂的公司的请求。这些公司大多是为在中国生产产品的跨国制造商提供零部件的公司,他们正受到来自跨国公司的压力,要求在中国设立工厂。

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China Employee Warning Signs

My law firm’s China employment lawyers have done a ton of employer audits this year and from those we compiled the following list of the most common “warning signs” of impending employment problems. 1. All or some of your employment documents are in English only If your employment documents are in English, you are giving

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Forming a China Subsidiary: Needed or Not

If I were to list the ten biggest/most common mistakes my law firm’s China lawyers see, not forming a China subsidiary when necessary and forming a China subsidiary when not unnecessary would both be on that list. We write constantly about the risks of doing business in China without a subisidiary. See Doing Business in

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Forming a China WFOE: Scope is Key

When it comes to company formations, China is from Mars and the Western world is from Venus. For most things related to doing business in China, I often stress the similarities. But when it comes to forming a China Wholly Foreign Owned Enterprises (WFOE) I make it a point to stress the differences. I do