为何不该在中国教英语
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。
The Critical Absence of Attorney-Client Confidentiality in China: Risks and Remedies
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
Getting Your Money Out of China: Do Your Cash Repatriation Requests Correctly
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
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
The Huawei Sales Ban
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: Compliance is Mandatory
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
Tariffs Against China Products: A Roadmap on What YOU Should do Now
1. The New Tariffs The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) formally published a notice in the Federal Register (this means it is official) confirming President Trump’s by now famous weekend tweet: U.S. imports of Chinese products, valued at $200 billion, that have been subject to 10 percent tariff since September 24, 2018, will now be subject to
Selling Your China WFOE: Yeah, That’s the Ticket
1. Selling a China WFOE In the last year or so, our China lawyers have been seeing a steady increase in emails from people inquiring about selling their China WFOEs. I have gotten three or four of these in the last month alone, including the following one this week, which is fairly typical: I have
China’s E-Commerce Law and Its Foreign Company Impacts
Contents of this Article Implications and Practicalities of China’s E-Commerce Law China E-Commerce Definitions China E-Commerce Operators Impacts on Foreign Businesses Basic Aspects of the E-Commerce Law What Constitutes E-Commerce Activities Under Chinese Law? Are Foreign Businesses Subject to China’s New E-Commerce Law? Impacts on Foreign Brands Selling to China’s Consumers via Cross-Border E-Commerce Implications
International NNN Agreements
1. What is an NNN Agreement? A Non-disclosure, Non-use and Non-circumvention Agreement (NNN) is an agreement used to protect confidential information, and to prevent a company or person from using your information to compete against you or go around you to your own customers. These contracts are commonly used before revealing anything important to anyone