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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

First Note on the Spending Package

Posted on November 11, 2008
As usual, the FT goes to the heart of this and what the underlying goal of the stimulus package should be: After the co-ordinated rate cut in October, the Chinese cut interest rates in a show of solidarity. Now the rest of the world is talking about fiscal stimulus, and China is charging ahead...

It?s IP Lecture Time Again

Posted on November 10, 2008
I’m off tonight to teach my IP class. A few hours tonight and a few hours tomorrow morning. This is the second year I’ve taught an overview of China IP law to LLM students, and this weekend I sat down with last year’s Powerpoint to review my updates...

Not A Great Day For China Commentary

Posted on November 07, 2008
There are really only two stories out there today: the probable effects of the upcoming Obama presidency on U.S.-China relations, and the worsening China economy. Both of these stories have been beaten to death so much over the past several months that very little remains to be said...

What Games Can Teach Us About the Legal Profession

Posted on November 03, 2008
From an excellent Wired article on gaming: Because really, who needs people? People suck. I’m joking, of course — but only a bit. The truth is that, in online multiplayer worlds, dealing with the delightfully unpredictable behavior of "real" people can be an absolute chore...

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Thumbs Up for U.S. Declinism

Posted on November 03, 2008
Caution: rambling post ahead. I was goaded by Dan into reading an article by Robert Kagan, a neocon I usually avoid (by ‘goaded’ I mean that he mentioned it — I am easily influenced): As good a foreign policy article as you will find in a US newspaper is a piece is by Washington Post "World Columnist," [...

Black Guy, Not Old Guy

Posted on November 03, 2008
Tomorrow morning at 8:00 I will be sitting in a room at the Renaissance hotel watching CNN, pouring cups of coffee down my throat and trying not to let my blood pressure get too high. (I refer to the AmCham election-watch event — see more info here...

Obama Speaks Up on China Currency Manipulation

Posted on October 31, 2008
(Subtitle: I never have anything nice to say about anyone, even people I like.) This is not exactly surprising coming from Obama, but the timing is not the best: China’s huge trade surplus with the United States is "directly related to its manipulation of its currency’s value," Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said in a letter released [...

Joss Whedon Was Right

Posted on October 31, 2008
We’ll all be speaking Mandarin in the future, or so it appears.

Winner of the Funky Lawsuit of the Year Award

Posted on October 31, 2008
I hardly know what to say about this one (from the FT): Backers of a shuttered Chinese business weekly have launched a highly unusual challenge to the country’s media censors by filing a lawsuit against the regional government that ordered its suspension over reports critical of a major state bank...

We?ll Always Have Litigation to Talk About

Posted on October 30, 2008
Yes, lawsuits are always fun to discuss, particularly when the markets are down and everyone is worried about getting downsized from work. Here’s a good one brought to us from the always litigious Danwei (comment after the quote): Today’s Beijing Times reports on a legal case in which Huang Jing, a young woman who had earlier been [...

Questions You Really Shouldn?t Ask

Posted on October 30, 2008
"What Makes Chinese Wine Red?" Made be shudder just thinking about it. But I read the story anyway (h/t Digital Times). Reminds me of a job I had in law school. I was an intern at the Department of Health in Boston, the legal affairs office, which covers not only the health department but Boston City Hospital...

That?s Great, But What Aren?t You Telling Me?

Posted on October 30, 2008
From Shanghai Daily: Banks on China’s mainland had reduced their exposures to bad loans in the third quarter of this year as they boosted risk controls amid the global financial turmoil, the industry regulator said today. The average non-performing loan ratio at banks on the mainland was 5...

GFW Groupies

Posted on October 30, 2008
For some reason, I do not find this amusing (h/t Shanghaiist): For all of you outside of China right now who have no idea what the internet is like over here and are curious enough to meet the Net Nanny face to face, here comes the ultimate Firefox extension for you, the China Channel Firefox Add-on...

Quick, Print Some Bumper Stickers

Posted on October 27, 2008
Rich passes on one of the best lines I’ve ever heard regarding guanxi: Guanxi either retires or it goes to jail This is brilliant. My longstanding advice to clients (back before such advice was fashionable) is that they do not want to get caught in the trap that is reliance on guanxi...

MOC Regs to Focus on Virtual Currency Issue

Posted on October 27, 2008
Interesting conjunction of financial, social and IT regulations here: The Ministry of Culture (MOC) plans to release new regulations banning online games that place excess importance on virtual currency exchanges and leveling, reports Sina quoting MOC vice minister Tuo Zuhai...

Trade Talks Collapse ? A Footnote to a Depressing Day

Posted on October 27, 2008
Wasn’t sure what to blog about today. The news has been depressing as hell, and many of my fellow bloggers have chosen to discuss one of the numerous "China’s economy is heading downward" articles in the major papers. This story in the NYT caught my attention, not because I was surprised that the Doha Round was [...

MS Anti-piracy Campaign: let the frivolity ensue

Posted on October 23, 2008
With an emphasis on "sue". Yes, it did not take long for the frivolous lawsuits in response to Microsoft’s Black Screen anti-piracy campaign, which I wrote about the other day: An angry Chinese lawyer accused Microsoft of perpetrating the biggest ever hacker attack in response to the software giant’s controversial move to trigger hourly screen blackouts [...

China Unemployment Benefits

Posted on October 23, 2008
Not only does this article discuss important issues relating to our current economic woes, but I find this interesting as it highlights some of the defects in the current social safety net over here: A toy factory in southern China has gone bankrupt leaving 900 workers jobless, a report said on Wednesday, just days after a [...

China?s Newest Tainted Dairy Export: Litigation

Posted on October 23, 2008
A lot of this kind of thing going around these days, huh? Here’s the latest incarnation of the milk story: Parents of Chinese children who died or became ill after drinking infant milk formula contaminated with melamine say they will sue a subsidiary of a Chinese milk powder manufacturer based in the U...

China Boosts Export Tax Rebates

Posted on October 21, 2008
What a difference a recession makes. Wasn’t so long ago that everyone was looking for ways to slow down the growth of exports, particularly low-end stuff. Now it comes to this. Tis a strange time to be alive. China will raise export tax rebates on some industries on November 1, the second hike in three months, [...

Microsoft?s Latest Anti-piracy Efforts ? I like it

Posted on October 21, 2008
Here’s what they’re doing these days to fight against illegal copies: Several dozen users of Microsoft’s XP operating system and its Office software took to the Internet today to say that their desktop backgrounds had begun turning black...

Sympathy for Factory Owners

Posted on October 20, 2008
Whatever your stance on free trade and companies that have relocated manufacturing operations from their home country to a lower-cost jurisdiction, you have to admit that it’s tough out there for the unabashed capitalists these days. In addition to all those blue collar types in the U...

Getting the Monkey Off My Back

Posted on October 20, 2008
Since the October 1 holiday, I have been spending my time working and following two major issues: 1) the U.S. presidential campaign; and 2) the global financial meltdown. As neither of these two huge media events have centered on China, I have found it quite difficult to focus on local issues...

Happy National Day

Posted on September 28, 2008
Starting tomorrow, we will be observing the National Day holiday, which confusingly lasts seven days. Wait, let me back up. This deserves some explanation, and I know you care about things like this. A simple breakdown of the facts here should straighten you out: Next Saturday and Sunday count as "holiday days" in most people’s minds, even [...

Miscellaneous China Litigation

Posted on September 28, 2008
Been waiting on this one for a while now: A Chinese farmer who claimed to have taken photos of a rare tiger was sentenced to two and a half years in prison on Saturday for faking the pictures, a court official and state media said. Zhou Zhenglong was tried for fraud in Xunyang County People’s Court in [...

It?s Been a Tough Year

Posted on September 28, 2008
Slightly off topic here on a weekend. First, it was George Carlin, my all-time favorite comedian, who died recently. Now we have my all-time favorite actor, Paul Newman, who succumbed to cancer last week. Rest in peace. Not only was Newman tops in my book for a variety of films, but Cat on a Hot Tin Roof ranks [...

Microsoft Holiday Sale to Thwart PRC Piracy

Posted on September 26, 2008
Sorry to keep banging on the same nostalgic drum today, but wasn’t this a really great idea that was endlessly debated many years ago? Why the new policy, and why wasn’t this done earlier when domestic critics were savaging Microsoft for pricing Windows out of the reach of most Chinese consumers? Whatever...

China Learning from U.S. Bad Practices?

Posted on September 26, 2008
This Shanghai Daily article is one step away from being a candidate for The Onion: CHINA’S economy can’t overly rely on growth in the real estate industry, said a report by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences after some of its economists visited the United States to study the subprime mortgage crisis...

Games Proves Validity of ?China Model?

Posted on September 26, 2008
Allow me to be blunt. This argument is complete tripe: It had been some people’s view that the Olympics, both closely related with Western countries in terms of its ancient origins and its modern revival, would possibly carry Western cultural values to China...

How to Say ?Nader? in Chinese

Posted on September 25, 2008
Rich touts the need for a Chinese Ralph Nader: Now, before anyone bemoans the role that Ralph Nader played in Florida 8 years ago, the article China says dairy firm knew of toxic milk for months highlights the need in China for a consumer advocate who can catalyze and rehaul the way that product failures in [...

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