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China Hearsay

Commentary and analysis of law and business in China.
By Stan Abrams

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Last Entry: May 03, 2010 at 11:04:24

China?s Stock Bubble: Sounds Good To Me

Posted on June 19, 2009
Everybody already knows about this, but it is interesting to see the issue discussed in the mainstream press: [S]ome players suspect that Beijing has been giving markets an invisible helping hand, with the intention of minimizing investor panic over the upcoming share supply...

If It?s Friday, It Must Be Time To Discuss Net Porn

Posted on June 19, 2009
Yes, in addition to all the talk about the Green Dam net filter software debacle this week, whereby the government is attempting to mandate that every PC sold in China includes the program, now Google has been slapped around because you can access porn sites via the mega-search engine...

Why Is New Lethal Injection Policy Getting So Much Press?

Posted on June 17, 2009
China watchers have probably seen several articles over the past few days reporting on the new policy that adopts lethal injection over firing squad. I would hope that most of you have given these boring treatments little attention. Why the snub? First, unless you are a death penalty afficionado, the distinction between getting shot multiple times [...

China Legal News As Cheap Thrill

Posted on June 17, 2009
My post earlier today about press accounts of China’s new reform of State executions ended with my belief that some articles had been written purely to feed on readers’ interest in violent subject matter. I take it back. Compared to the articles written in the past 24 hours about newly-passed rules in China governing sex change [...

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A WTF Weather Moment

Posted on June 16, 2009
Seriously, WTF just happened with the weather here in Beijing? It was already an overcast day, but five minutes ago, the sun just cut out on us as the thunderstorm rolled in. Pretty cool, actually. Tags: China News � Stan for China Hearsay, 2009. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del...

Rule of Law: ?Harmonious? Result in Deng Yujiao Case

Posted on June 16, 2009
I wrote about this assault/murder case almost a month ago and discussed how an instance of self defense turned into a politically charged matter that had many folks very unhappy about local officials covering for each other. The defendant was found guilty today of “intent to harm” and not, as many feared, murder (China Digital Times [...

News From the Front Lines of the International Trade War

Posted on June 16, 2009
Since the global economy hit the skids, everyone has been decrying protectionism, with China the loudest in its criticisms of trade practices. Everyone wants to maximize both their exports to overseas markets as well as domestic purchases of local goods — local products compete against imports of course...

Bill O?Reilly, China Scholar?

Posted on June 12, 2009
Referencing New York’s Upper West Side, the infamous right wing Fox News talk show host opined that: You can’t get more left unless you go to Beijing Apparently the continued use of the “Communism” label and propaganda over here are still fooling some folks out there into thinking that this country still adheres to pre-1987 political and [...

I Don?t Think ?Rebalancing? Means What They Think It Means

Posted on June 12, 2009
Lots o news recently about the negative export numbers here (over 26% drop from the May numbers last year). As this is a huge sector in China, this of course is something to be concerned about as GDP and employment are hit hard when trade is down substantially...

Maintaining Radio Silence

Posted on June 12, 2009
Off to Tianjin for the weekend. If I regularly posted on Saturdays and Sundays, I would note my trip as the reason for bloggus interruptus. In light of the fact that I rarely post on the weekend, however, I will simply point out that this post is entirely unnecessary...

The Cynic Prevails: Why I Don?t Trust Goldman?s Long-term China Forecasts

Posted on June 11, 2009
The latest China forecast from Goldman Sachs: Goldman Sachs now forecasts that the China economy will overtake the US as the world?s largest economy by 2027. Several emerging market countries are predicted by Goldman to overtake key developed market countries in the not too distant future...

Taiwan Judges Hopped Up on Goofballs

Posted on June 10, 2009
I can’t come up with another satisfactory explanation for this (h/t FP Passport): Concerned toupee wearers everywhere will be heartened to hear the latest hairpiece news from Taiwan: A man who tore the wig off a telegenic Taiwan legislator last year was sentenced to five months in jail for depriving the MP of his freedom to look [...

Republican Outreach to the Asian Community

Posted on June 10, 2009
A quick comment on U.S. politics. The political dialogue in D.C. these last two weeks has been dominated with discussions about President Obama’s nomination to the Supreme Court, which is the highest court in the country. The candidate in question, Judge Sonia Sotomayor, is very well qualified as well as being politically attractive (female, Hispanic, nice [...

What Happened to Rebalancing the Economy?

Posted on June 10, 2009
China has raised export tax rebates on some goods including machinery, furniture, toys and plastic products - another move to help weather the sagging international trade in the global economic recession. The Ministry of Finance said [Monday] that the export rebate for machinery such as sewing machines was expanded to 17 percent from 14 percent...

Net Filtering Software ? The Plot Thickens

Posted on June 09, 2009
No great surprise that yesterday’s big story, that the government is mandating that all PCs sold in China come pre-installed with a web-filtering program, has been picked up by the foreign press and is being discussed ad nauseum here in China. Far be it from me to avoid a popular story...

New Site Filtering Software Pushed By Gov?t ? It?s the Nudity, Stupid

Posted on June 08, 2009
The big story of the day, as picked up by quite a few of the blogs I read, is this new software touted by the government that would allow parents and teachers to filter out pornographic web sites from the impressionable eyes of today’s youth. Rebecca MacKinnon is all over this story (this is her area [...

Update on the Chengdu Bus Crash

Posted on June 08, 2009
Some news has already leaked out on this horrific bus crash/explosion/fire that was responsible for the death of 23 people. The bottom line thus far: ?????????????????????????????????????? Essentially, someone brought combustible/flammable stuff on the bus, causing the explosion...

Yet Another Set of Bilateral IP Talks

Posted on June 08, 2009
It’s not that I’m against discussions amongst interested parties. In fact, this kind of thing can be quite useful. But how many of these ongoing bilateral dialogues are we going to end up with? Japan and China on Sunday agreed to launch annual talks on jointly cracking down on copyright infringement and trademark piracy, the Japanese [...

Too Many Unemployed Law Grads May Lead to Education Reform

Posted on June 05, 2009
If, like everyone else who hasn’t been living under a rock for the past twenty years, you think that legal training in China focuses too heavily on the acquisition of knowledge at the expense of practical training, you’d be absolutely correct...

Looking Forward to Tomorrow

Posted on June 04, 2009
Nothing particularly interesting will be happening tomorrow, but I’ve really had my fill of all the nostalgic, emotional press coverage of 6/4. It seems like anyone who was in Asia anytime that year claims to know what went on in Beijing that summer, has a strong opinion, and had very close friends that were directly [...

All?s Fair in China Litigation

Posted on June 04, 2009
Dan makes a good point about the concept of “fairness” in dispute resolution: Chinese courts tend to give large account to what is “fair,” not just to what the law says. This means that if a Chinese company is late on a contract because its own supplier was late in delivering it a necessary component part, [...

I Declare A Coffee War

Posted on June 04, 2009
McDonald’s yesterday introduced its McCafe to China’s seven major cities, including Beijing, Shanghai and Tianjin. McCafe, the freshly boiled coffee sold at about one-third the price a cup in Starbucks, is expected to raise a turf war against other coffee chains specialized in brewing fresh coffee but sold it at a higher price...

Pettis on Trade ? It?s More Complicated Than It Appears

Posted on June 04, 2009
Another great post by Michael Pettis, this time on policies/factors that have an effect on international trade, with the GM bailout as the main illustration. Here is his main point: One of the reasons why trade-related discussions can seem so off-the-mark, I think, is because the conditions governing international trade are much more complex than we often [...

Getting a Hummer in Sichuan

Posted on June 03, 2009
Not really sure what to make of this development: The bankrupt US carmaker GM is reported to have an agreement to sell gas-guzzling brand to China’s Sichuan Tengzhong The bankrupt car manufacturer General Motors has struck a tentative deal to sell its gas-guzzling Hummer brand to a Chinese company, raising the prospect of quasi-military American vehicles becoming [...

Geithner?s Beijing Trip: Mission Accomplished

Posted on June 03, 2009
Geithner’s first trip to China as United States Secretary of the Treasury has come and gone. Before we fill out our scorecard, how about a quick look at my predictions from a couple weeks ago: We?ll see what happens with Geithner?s first visit. I?m sure the press attention will be formidable, and I?m also certain that [...

Should the West Fear China? (or should we all just fear columnists?)

Posted on June 02, 2009
Simon Winchester’s recent LA Times column, at first glance, is a decent and thoughtful piece about China’s domestic security concerns (in the run-up to the 6/4 anniversary) and the country’s designs on the rest of the world. The title of the piece, “Is There Anything To Fear From China?” is provocative, to be sure, but the [...

Scary Chinese Cyberattack Stories

Posted on June 02, 2009
The Pentagon plans to create a new military command for cyberspace, administration officials said Thursday, stepping up preparations by the armed forces to conduct both offensive and defensive computer warfare - or even shut down the internet. The military command would complement a civilian effort to be announced by President Obama on Friday that would overhaul [...

The Dreaded Site Update

Posted on June 01, 2009
Be afraid, be very afraid. I used up all my writing time today working on site admin. No rest for the wicked. Anyway, if I did a good job, visitors will not notice much of a difference, save for a slightly cleaner sidebar. Now that this is done, I can wait another three years before the next [...

Dragon Boat Festival - Let?s Not Make This An International Incident

Posted on May 29, 2009
I hope everyone out there is enjoying the Duan Wu/Dragon Boat Festival. The actual holiday was yesterday, and the official holiday runs from yesterday through Saturday, with many people coming back to work on Sunday. Yes, this is another one of those utterly bizarre things that is claimed to be a three-day holiday but is [...

Scientists Brand China An Environmental Serial Offender

Posted on May 29, 2009
Not only is China on the hook for a significant amount of increases in global pollution levels these days, but now we find out that this sort of irresponsible behavior is nothing new. A mass extinction some 260 million years ago may have been caused by volcanic eruptions in what is now China, new research suggests...

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