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by Greg Cruey on June 29, 2009
China Law Blog had a case study (of sorts) this past week on employee compensation. The article looked at an employee claim for pregnancy leave that was filed after they'd been laid off.
The situ...
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by Greg Cruey on April 4, 2009
BusinessWeek had a piece this week on how China's business laws are coping with business failures as the recession progresses. In the case of very large companies, China's bankruptcy laws are ...
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by Greg Cruey on September 19, 2008
Matt over at bizCult had a great piece yesterday on the difficulty involved in getting you money (in Chinese currency) home to America (or wherever) when you leave.
The rules about transferring yuan...
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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 cas...
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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 f...
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by Greg Cruey on December 3, 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.
Th...
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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 Associat...
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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 Chi...
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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 7, 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 s...
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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 Interna...
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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 Cong...
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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 lo...
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by Greg Cruey on August 1, 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 "ca...
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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 compa...
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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 wou...
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by Greg Cruey on May 12, 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 th...
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by james on July 12, 2006
There are many excellent law firms offering their China expertise to the increasing number of private equity investors and manufacturers scaling the Great Wall of business.
CVN counts among that stel...
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by james on February 25, 2006
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, with its deep Silicon Valley roots is following the money in China.
The influential law firm for countless technology companies made the decision recently to pl...
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by james on November 28, 2005
The Financial Times has confirmed what this blog has been reporting for months that China Inc. is commiting more funds to bolster their own domestic venture capital industry to assist companies in hig...
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by james on October 24, 2005
There were a few celebrations among venture capitalists in China last week, even if the recent regulatory changes in investment rules still requires a close reading of tea leaves to understand its ful...
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by james on August 29, 2005
With at least four major China private equity conferences scheduled before year- end, one prominent track orchestrated by many high profile international law firms, will address the challenges faced b...
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by james on August 24, 2005
Last night, on a broadcast of C-Span, I observed Howard Chao, a senior partner with O'Melveny & Myers confidently answer questions posed by the U.S.China Economic Security Review Commission on...
