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Coming This Month: Roundtable Discussion on Intellectual Property Rights in China
The nice people over at the China Law Blog brought this to my attention today: the Roundtable Discussion on Intellectual Property Rights in China starts on October 23rd in Beijing. The event is at the Grand Hyatt in Beijing. Asia Business Intelligence Blog has a short but sweet blurb on the conference. The roundtable is [...]
China to Use E-Stamps to Fight Spam? Maybe…
The idea has been floated and rejected in America a couple of times. Now the Chinese are considering e-stamps for email in China as a way of preventing SPAM. SPAM is a term commonly used to refer to unwanted junk email that is usually of a commercial nature. Internet regulators are pushing for a cyber-postal [...]
Philanthropy Makes a Comeback in China
While the topic is not directly related to either venture capital or private equity, I found it interesting this week to read that philanthropy seems to be on the rise in China. The Chronicle of Philanthropy carried an article in it's September 20th edition on how the generation of wealth in China's booming economy has [...]
How Corrupt is China?
Is China corrupt? Sure. But, how corrupt? The China Law Blog published a post today that looked at where China stood compared to other nations… Of the 180 countries surveyed by Transparency International, China ranked 72nd. They were tied with India, Mexico, Brazil, and a couple of other countries in that spot with a “cleanness” [...]
Due Diligence’s Dark Side…
China Success Stories is fast becoming one of my favorite blogs. Their recent article on due diligence is an excellent examination of the complicated issues surrounding the simple task of not getting burned in your dealings in China. George Martin, a Partner at Faegre & Benson LLP wrote the article for CSS. The premise is [...]
More on Joint Ventures
We talked a few days ago about the nightmares that can come with joint ventures in China. How do you avoid them? Dr. James Chan, writing for China Success Stories, has some Practical Tips on Working with a Chinese Partner. Most of Chan's tips seem simple and obvious. But many Westerners doing business in China [...]
Taxi
Getting into a taxi in Shanghai is a bit like sitting in the first three rows at Seaworld- yes you might get wet (/ in a head-on collision with a Bongo truck) but surely that’s part of the fun? I take a taxi to work every day. Generally it’s the same guy every day, the [...]
At the funfair! (Part I)
The thing with some people is that they do not respect the natural cycle of life. For every Spring there must be an autumn, for every snowflake, a sunbeam- for every death, a birth (unless loads of people die and no-one is born, like in Florida). In short, after a Friday night drinking binge, I [...]
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