中国恶意软件：抱歉了技术极客们，你们依然无处可藏
在《中国政府正通过后门访问您的网络，而您依然无处可藏》一文中，我曾阐述中国银行如何强制账户持有人安装恶意软件，使中国政府得以获取所有账户数据——无论财务信息或其他数据。我们收到了惯常的一系列评论。
中国合资企业：详解篇
中国合资企业随着中国经济下行，中美关系与中欧关系前景充满不确定性，本所中国商业律师近期注意到，寻求在中国成立合资企业"分担风险"的企业数量有所增加。若运作得当，中国合资企业确实能实现风险分担。但当
Update Your China Employee Handbook NOW
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak, China has released and updated countless national and local employment laws to deal with rapidly changing circumstances. In the United States and the EU, best practices usually dictate that you update your company’s employee handbook at least once a year and even more often if there have been
How to Manage a Chinese Factory
Many Chinese factories are hurting right now. Badly. This should come as no surprise. First they went through months of closures due to the coronavirus, and just when they opened they faced massively reduced demand. Chinese factories are closing left and right and many of those that are open are facing reduced demand and falling
An FAQ on China PPE
Last week, Fred Rocafort (one of our international trade lawyers), Dan Pak (a VP of Procurement at a large East Coast hospital chain) and I put on a 90+ minute webinar on navigating PPE purchases from China. Based on the feedback we have received and the fact that a number of webinar companies have asked
Force Majeure in the Time of Coronavirus
Way back in the pre-coronavirus days — October 30-2019 — in Do Not Let Force Majeure be a Major Force In Your China Contract, we did a post warning of force majeure provisions in contracts with Chinese companies. That post began with the following warning/joke; Pull out and look at your contract with your Chinese
Forced Labor in China: Don’t Trust AND Do Verify
The issue of forced labor in China has been in the news recently. In part, this is due to the connection between this issue and the larger human rights crisis in Xinjiang. However, forced labor is hardly a problem confined to Xinjiang, as a recent scandal involving British supermarket chain Tesco shows. Last month, Tesco
Hiring a Retired Person in China: The Legal Issues
Foreign companies doing business in China fairly often ask our China employment lawyers whether they can legally hire someone who has passed the legal retirement age. The short answer is that doing so is legal, but somewhat complicated. Consider this hypothetical. Employer employs Employee (male) for several years. Employee turns 60, the statutory retirement age,