Archive for
36 Hours In Beijing
My friend, software guru Buzz Bruggeman, founder of and driving force behind Activewords (endorsed by James Fallows, I kid you not. Click on the Activewords website for proof of this), sent me an article from today’s New York Times mapping out what to do in Beijing if you are there for 36 hours. [...]
The Technical Side Of China Trademark Law: Forget You Ever Read This
China Business Law Blog has an excellent post up, entitled, “China Trademark Update: Has Your Distributor (Representative, Manufacturer) in China Registered your Mark?” stressing the importance of foreign companies registering their trademarks in China soonest. Beyond that, the post does an excellent job analyzing a Chinese Supreme Court case holding that agents who register [...]
CultureFish: Your China Adwords (Baidu) Friend
There are certain businesses I always have trouble understanding.
I remember many years ago my firm was representing a Korean internet company in its U.S. venture capital deals. Money was flowing in to this company from the Korea, the United States and Japan and everyone was telling me I was crazy to allow [...]
China Manufacturing: That’s The Way I Like It
Interesting post up at the brand new Smart Cube blog, entitled, “Survey: Global Manufacturers Staying Put in China,” on how Mattel’s problems have had almost no effect on foreign manufacturing in China.
The post is based on a survey finding that the recent recalls of tainted and toxic China-made products has not caused foreign companies [...]
Silk Road International Blog: Great China Substance.
David Dayton over at the Silk Road Blog has for quite some time been churning out really good posts focused on China sourcing. The only reason I have not put this blog on our blogroll is because it is so difficult to navigate, due in large part (I suspect) to it being part [...]
Looking Out Airplane Windows In China Is For Grizzled Old China Hands ONLY
I did a post the other day, entitled, “Planes, Trains And Automobiles: The China Way,” extolling a James Fallows piece comparing “the Chinese way” with “the Japanese way.” Yesterday, I got a call from my friend and fellow Grinnell College alum, Paul Midler, who wanted to let me know he would be doing [...]
How To Stay Ahead Of China Counterfeiters
Interesting post on IP Dragon, entitled “What Global Players Could Learn From Wii versus Vii.”
It is on how Nintendo is beating back a (legal/illegal?) Chinese rival making a game called Vii that mimics and even seeks to improve upon the Wii. IP Dragon puts forth the following fine tips on staying ahead of counterfeiters:
• [...]
China’s Changing Economy Is Changing Everything
Despite my inability to find anything on it through Google, I am convinced there was a TV show (or maybe a movie) with a character who, I believe, after getting completely dumped on would rise up and fight back, but not before first saying “Now that changes everything.” What show, what movie, what character? [...]
View posts by page:
