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By Stan Abrams

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Protectionism and 3COM

Posted on February 25, 2008
So it appears that they have pulled the plug on Huawei holding equity in what is currently 3COM. Some folks in Congress apparently told Bain that this just wasn’t going to happen. Protectionism is alive and well and living in the U...

Breaking the Silence

Posted on February 21, 2008
I was asked the other day by email if I had been abducted by aliens - this was another way of asking why I haven’t been blogging recently. Silly question, I think. If I had been abducted by aliens, they would certainly not want me live blogging the incident, which would be bad [...

Woe Is Me - Spring Festival edition

Posted on January 29, 2008
Why is it that everyone needs to get stuff done before a big holiday? They can’t wait, let the poor lawyer have a rest. No, it’s push ahead to get things closed before the country takes a 7-day rest. It’s disheartening, I tell you. Anyway, this is my explanation for no posts in the last few [...

Is the Air Really That Bad?

Posted on January 24, 2008
Tim Johnson tells us more about the Olympics and air quality: In case you missed it, a New York Times article says U.S. Olympic athletes may be given masks while in Beijing to help them deal with the smog. Someone please correct me if I’m wrong, but I don’t recall any of this kind of talk in [...

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Pissed Off

Posted on January 24, 2008
Josh, with his finger on the pulse of the community, states: "The common man in China is surprisingly mad, and I don’t know why." See the entire post here. He is talking about a general bully mentality amongst some Chinese guys. Perhaps...

The Mystery of the Alleged Microsoft IP Infringement

Posted on January 23, 2008
This one is a real puzzler: High-tech company Zhongyi Electronic Ltd., which is a major Chinese font and input method provider, is suing US-based Microsoft for intellectual property rights (IPR) violations, a claim that Microsoft disputes. The Beijing No...

Insider Trading

Posted on January 23, 2008
Now that the big discussion is when, not if, the asset bubbles here are going to burst, the government comes along with this: China will crack down on insider trading by government officials as part of the ruling Communist Party’s effort to limit corruption, state Xinhua News Agency said Thursday...

Financial Frenzy

Posted on January 23, 2008
Very little law news going on these days, but there sure are a lot of panicked financial types. With the markets keeping us busy and forecasters flapping their lips incessantly, you’d think the media would be able to come up with good, balanced pieces on where things might be headed...

Road Warrior

Posted on January 22, 2008
Back in Beijing after three days in Shanghai. I think any comparative posts on the two cities would be quite ridiculous given all the ink that has been spilled on that subject over the years by others. However, since I rarely get down to Shanghai, it’s worth mentioning the following: 1) The weather this past weekend in [...

Unfair Treatment

Posted on January 18, 2008
I feel forced to respond to a recent post by Paul Midler. The topic was the collapse of a building and the general issue of concrete quality and so forth. However, the following leapt out at me, for obvious reasons: At the time of the bridge and casino collapses, I was in touch [...

Dickinson on M&A

Posted on January 18, 2008
Good post on CLB touting a Steve Dickinson article on current M&A law and the probable effects of the new AML. I agree with the general content and only have one additional comment with respect to the following paragraph: Steve describes China as "remarkably receptive to direct foreign investment that creates new business activity in China," [...

Busted

Posted on January 18, 2008
This is how New York City corrupts people: Three Chinese nationals accused of importing thousands of counterfeit luxury handbags in the United States have been arrested in the past two days, federal authorities announced Thursday. "This was a sophisticated criminal conspiracy that trafficked millions of dollars of counterfeit goods from China, profiting off the backs of legitimate [...

Just Call This the Local Protectionism Blog

Posted on January 18, 2008
This will be my third post on local protectionism in the past three days. This time, we’re visiting the gaming industry. I do not have any background on this story yet - just broke yesterday/today. Government bodies regulating the online game industry have released new regulations regarding foreign online game companies operating in China, reports 163...

Even More Cynical

Posted on January 17, 2008
More overseas real estate investors are likely to turn to second-tier cities to take advantage of smoother administrative procedures and avoid the tough competition of core cities, industry experts said yesterday. They said high quality offices and residential properties would remain highly sought after by overseas capital...

Cynical

Posted on January 17, 2008
EMI Group Plc, the music company bought last year by private equity financier Guy Hands, will cut as many as 2,000 jobs after a slump in music sales led to a record loss. The revamp will help to cut costs by as much as 200 million pounds (US$392 million) a year, EMI said, Bloomberg News [...

Fighting Local Protectionism

Posted on January 17, 2008
I posted on the subject of local protectionism yesterday with respect to IP cases. Saw this in the news this morning, although I have not had the chance to read anything else on this development: The Supreme People’s Court (SPC) released two important judicial interpretations yesterday, aimed at reforming the administrative litigation jurisdiction system...

Environmental Oversight

Posted on January 17, 2008
Good post by Rich on China Crossroads on the social unrest-pollution-land issue. This continues to be one of the top issues nationwide: Through my consulting work, I have had conversations with a number of officials lately who told me that EPA applications were no longer rubber stamped...

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