Presidents Xi and Trump prepare for a meeting next week at the G20 event with the purported goal of restarting negotiations to resolve the Section 301 tariff dispute and other trade issues between the U.S. and China. Many analysts and business people from both countries are confident this meeting will lead to resolution. Unfortunately, this
1. 在中国设厂风险高 对于许多人来说，简短的回答是“是的”。让我来解释一下…… 2. 美国关税使在中国设厂风险高 首先是关税问题，这些关税时有时无，但对于任何从中国采购产品并在美国销售的公司来说，始终都是一种风险
如果你正在考虑去中国教英语，我强烈建议你：千万别去。不妨去越南、泰国、日本、西班牙、墨西哥、哥伦比亚、巴西、捷克共和国，或者世界上任何其他地方找这样的工作。我之所以这么说，是因为在中国教英语已经变得如此腐败、如此糟糕、如此剥削，而且风险极高。
China Does Not Have an Attorney-Client Privilege In the United States and much of the rest of the world, private communications between a lawyer and their client are protected from disclosure without the client’s consent. This fundamental protection does not exist in China. The Critical Risks of No Attorney-Client Privilege in China Confidentiality is the
In 2016, in Getting Money Out of China: The Long Version, we wrote how Western companies were contacting our China lawyers to get money out of China to get paid on all sorts of deals. On our China Law Blog Facebook Page, we linked over to the original post and described it as “In which we
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.
The real economic threat posed by the US-China trade war is not tariffs. The real threat has always been the U.S. government prohibiting product sales to China and product purchases from China and focus on the tariff issue misses this. As we wrote in Who Pays the Tariffs on China Imports? there are various things companies
China Employment Offer Letters are Not Mandatory China employers often want to extend an employment offer letter to their potential new hires to prove they are serious about bringing them on board. Some candidates expect or may even request an “official” offer letter from their potential employer. This is understandable. However, offer letters are neither
1. 中西关系每况愈下 在昨天的文章《在中国或与中国做生意：一切皆好》中，我谈到了我们将如何尝试不再过分关注中西方关系恶化，而是更多地关注中国仍存在的众多商业机遇。
1. 美中关系恶化不足为奇自中美贸易谈判伊始，我们便对达成协议的可能性持明确否定态度，并因此承受了巨大压力——无论是通过仇恨邮件、网络攻击，还是来自部分客户的指责，他们认为我们过于
