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by Greg Cruey on August 10, 2008
I found a great blog post last month at BizCult that puts the problem of piracy in China into context. Sure, intellectual property rights (IPR) are a big deal - and a problem in China. China Success...
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by Greg Cruey on April 25, 2008
One of the biggest changes in China's business landscape over the past year has been the implementation of new provisions of the country's employment law on January 1st. Some of those changes...
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by Greg Cruey on February 17, 2008
"Woof, woof!" Those were the words of the World Trade Organization's global trade watchdog to China, according to the PanAsianBiz blog. According the Agence France Press (AFT), the case...
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by Greg Cruey on January 14, 2008
Periodically I check out what's new at China Business Success Stories and a few days ago I came across an informative piece there on Starting a Business in China. The article looks at the legal...
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by Greg Cruey on December 14, 2007
Just one day after signing a deal to improve the safety of some Chinese-made drugs commonly used in the U.S., China has announced the the creation of a nationwide recall system for drugs, according to...
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by Greg Cruey on December 13, 2007
China and the U.S. signed an agreement Tuesday that could improve the safety of some commonly used drugs in the U.S., including lipitor, Viagra, a flu drug called oseltamivir, and an antibiotic used...
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by Greg Cruey on December 03, 2007
China wants green investors. Not "green" as is new, inexperienced investor. China is looking for investors whose ideas don't consume much energy and don't create much pollution. The...
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by Greg Cruey on November 12, 2007
China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has decided to place new limits on foreign investment in a number of areas of the economy, including real estate according to the...
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by Greg Cruey on October 29, 2007
Remember back in August when China's Vice Premier, Wu Yi, China's most successful troubleshooter, was named as head of a cabinet level panel to address the issues of standards, product safety,...
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by Greg Cruey on October 29, 2007
If Congressman Chris Smith (R-New Jersey) and the rest of the House Foreign Affairs Committee get their way, it may soon be a violation of U.S. law for U.S. companies that operate in China to help...
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by Greg Cruey on October 15, 2007
I ran across an interesting blog post this week that could have an impact on your philosophy of business in China, maybe... The blog post was entitled Tough Times for Jesus in Xinjiang. It commented...
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by Greg Cruey on October 11, 2007
Forbes is reporting that the U.S. Senate appears to have decided to ignore a proposal to raise taxes on venture capital profits. A proposal in the House of Representatives would change the rate at...
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by Greg Cruey on October 07, 2007
There's nothing like having to show up in court in a place where you really don't know the rules and maybe can't even understand the language. I think it's fair to say that the court...
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by Greg Cruey on September 28, 2007
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...
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by Greg Cruey on September 10, 2007
With the Ways and Means holding Congressional hearings on how to simplify America's tax code, several members of the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) have testified recently before...
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by Greg Cruey on August 30, 2007
Chinese news sources announced today that Finance Minister Jin Renqing was resigning "for personal reasons." The Shanghaiist was more blunt, saying that he had been "removed." At...
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by Greg Cruey on August 20, 2007
China is broken. Business Week reached that conclusion almost a month ago now. How badly is it broken? Can China be fixed? If it was fixed, what would it look like? Those questions have filled up a...
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by Greg Cruey on August 01, 2007
Seven witnesses testified today before the U.S. Senate Finance Committee on the question of whether investment fund managers should pay more than the 15% capital gains tax they now pay on the...
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by Greg Cruey on July 19, 2007
Hats off to Richard Brubaker: I was looking at his blog today, All Roads Lead to China, and noticed his piece on the new requirement that you actually be able to speak Chinese in order to head a...
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by Greg Cruey on June 28, 2007
A number of people in the venture capital corner of the blogosphere at the moment are unhappy with Congressman Sander "Sandy" Levin (D-Michigan). The congressman has proposed a bill that...
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by Greg Cruey on May 11, 2007
The draft of The Labor Contract Law of the People's Republic of China was originally passed as a first reading a year and a half ago now and the Asian Wall Street Journal reported recently that...
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