Understanding the law in China is always a good mantra at China Venture News

No need to read tea leaves before investing in China or understanding the Chinese investment paradigm, the International Financial Law Review, in a comprehensive article authored by John E. Lange in the Hong Kong office of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton and Garrison explains how and why Chinese companies are investing overseas and continuing to drive the world economy. Meanwhile, every day more global venture capitalists are still analyzing the impact [...] Read More


The Dream Blog: China Travel for Charity Education and Understanding at China Venture News

The Chinese believes in the superstition that if you talk about bad things, they will come true. However, the Dreamblogue's vision states that if you share your dream with others, you are willing it into being. The dream is to travel in 2007 to every mainland province in China. During this journey, the China Dreamblogue will chronicle the everyday lives of ordinary Chinese citizens. The motivation for this trip came from [...] Read More


Global Economic Slowdown Hitting China Hard at China Venture News

National Public Radio ran an interesting story this week on how the global economic slowdown is affecting China. In the words of NPR reporter Louisa Lim:The export sector - which has driven 30 years of double-digit growth rates - is struggling badly.Lim focuses her report on Dongguan, a manufacturing hub in Guangdong Province between Guangzhou and Hong Kong. According to one factory manager there quoted by Lim:There's almost no profit. [...] Read More


The 60th Anniversary of the People's Republic of China is Making China Visas Hard to Get at Global Mobility Report

Foreigners who want a business visa to China in the next few months are evidently having a harder and harder time getting them. The China Law Blog has compared the situation to the politically inspired difficulty people had getting visas during the run up to the Beijing Olympics. The CLB has had two pieces recently on the situation (here and here). The situation is aggravated by the practice many foreign investors [...] Read More


In China, For China: AstraZeneca Invests $100 Million in Life Science R&D at The Biotech Weblog

AstraZeneca just pledged to invest $100 million in research and development in China. The funds will be primarily used to build the AstraZeneca Innovation Centre China, which, according to the firm's press release, "will focus on translational science by developing knowledge about Chinese patients, biomarkers and genetics." At the ICC, researchers will work on the identification, development, and validation of new biomarkers. Activities at the ICC will include analysis of [...] Read More