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China’s New Company Tracking System: Comply, Comply, Comply

Foreign companies doing business in China are abuzz with news and rumors regarding China’s plans to set up what will essentially be a social credit system for companies that do business in China. In China is building a ‘comprehensive system’ for tracking companies’ activities, CNBC does a great job explaining what this new system will

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Repeat After Me: There Will be No US-China Trade Deal

The US-China Trade War Is and Will be the New Normal I hate to say we told you so, but for nearly a year, WE TOLD YOU SO.  Since October, 2018 we have been all but screaming at anyone and everyone who has product made in China and sold into the United States to get

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A U.S. Customs Checklist to Minimize Your Import Risks

Companies importing goods into the United States can find themselves having to respond to a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”), Request for Information (CBP Form 28) or what may be worse, a CBP Notice of Action (CBP Form 29). CBP Form 28 – Request for Information is a tool routinely used by CBP to

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Does China WANT a Second Decoupling? The Chinese Texts Say That it Does

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

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为什么不在中国教英语

如果你想在中国找一份教英语的工作,我强烈建议你不要这样做。在越南、泰国、日本、西班牙、墨西哥、哥伦比亚、巴西、捷克共和国或世界上其他地方寻找这样的工作。我这么说是因为在中国教英语已经变得如此腐败,如此可怕,如此具有剥削性,如此具有风险性。

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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 that cannot be disclosed without the client’s consent. This is not the case with China. The Critical Risks of No Attorney-Client Privilege in China In China, the fundamental

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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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中国加倍加大对工业的补贴力度:没有退路

与中国的贸易谈判破裂后,中国政府立即宣布了旨在支持中国半导体制造业发展的措施。5月8日,国务院在李克强的指导下宣布,将延长中国政府长期以来支持中国国内芯片制造能力发展的一系列政策。

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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