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How to stay out of Foreign Jails and What to do if Arrested

Yesterday, in Americans, Australians, British and Canadians Are Being Singled Out in China and I’ve Got Proof I wrote how the CCP singles out people for arrest on criminal charges based on their nationalities. In response to that post, I got the following email: I am an Australian citizen and you are right that we

Americans, Australians, British and Canadians Are Being Singled Out in China and I’ve Got Proof

One of the things I’ve done since the inception of this blog is try to help young people in trouble in China. Mostly this has involved my telling thousands of English teachers NOT to cause a stink with their employers that have not paid them. I tell them I understand why they are angering at

International Joint Ventures: Testing the Dream

With international joint ventures, the biggest issue is invariably whether or not it makes sense to form one. One of the most important questions relating to whether it makes sense to form a joint venture is whether you will be able to work well with your putative joint venture partner. And the most important question

China Employee Non-Compete Agreements and Their Appropriate Geographic Scope

When drafting China employee agreements, I often have to deal with the issue of non-compete provisions. One of the recurring non-compete issues is the geographic scope appropriate for the employee. The general rule for China on this is quite simple: China will enforce a “reasonable” geographic scope. But what does that even mean? The analysis

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Chinese Contracts Work, but You Can’t Make a Good Deal With a Bad Company

The title is stolen from the Warren Buffett line, “You can’t make a good deal with a bad guy, regardless of any piece of paper.” And it is so true. Our China lawyers are always telling our clients the following: 1. Legitimate Chinese companies do not want to get sued. In our experience, legitimate Chinese

China Employee Non-Compete Agreements: The Price You’ll Pay

A Non-Compete Agreement is a contract where one party agrees not to compete with the other. These agreements reduce the likelihood of someone using information you provide them to compete against you. Non-compete agreements are fairly common between Western companies and their more important employees and it is common for those Western companies to want

How NOT To Write A China Contract

Many moons ago, an American company contacted us wanting to sue its Chinese joint venture partner for having “clearly” violated their joint venture agreement. We looked at their case and advised them not to bother with it. It had nearly every hallmark of a China deal gone bad, due almost entirely to the fault of

How To Close A China WFOE Without Going To Jail

As foreign companies tire of China’s increasing randomness and expenses, and as the COVID vaccines begin rolling out, our China lawyers are getting an increasing number of calls about China WFOE closures. These calls are not coming from companies that have their WFOEs in China to make product or service sales in China; they are

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How to Write a Bad International Arbitration Clause

Yesterday, I attended a fantastic webinar on alternative dispute resolution. Its focus was on arbitration and mediation in Latin America, but pretty much all of what was said applies worldwide. I wrote down one thing said at the event, thinking I would use it for a blog post and today I am. That one thing

Luckin Coffee Files for Bankruptcy in the United States: This is Your Due Diligence Reminder

Most China watchers have spent the past three months trying to decide what a Biden Presidency means for U.S.-China relations. And over the past week, some China watchers also have been watching as mainland Chinese users flocked to discussions on the Clubhouse app, seemingly without sparking concern among Great Firewall monitors. That brief window into

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How to stay out of Foreign Jails and What to do if Arrested

Americans, Australians, British and Canadians Are Being Singled Out in China and I’ve Got Proof

International Joint Ventures: Testing the Dream

China Employee Non-Compete Agreements and Their Appropriate Geographic Scope

Chinese Contracts Work, but You Can’t Make a Good Deal With a Bad Company

China Employee Non-Compete Agreements: The Price You’ll Pay

How NOT To Write A China Contract

How To Close A China WFOE Without Going To Jail

How to Write a Bad International Arbitration Clause

Luckin Coffee Files for Bankruptcy in the United States: This is Your Due Diligence Reminder

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How to stay out of Foreign Jails and What to do if Arrested

Americans, Australians, British and Canadians Are Being Singled Out in China and I’ve Got Proof

International Joint Ventures: Testing the Dream

China Employee Non-Compete Agreements and Their Appropriate Geographic Scope

Chinese Contracts Work, but You Can’t Make a Good Deal With a Bad Company

China Employee Non-Compete Agreements: The Price You’ll Pay

How NOT To Write A China Contract

How To Close A China WFOE Without Going To Jail

How to Write a Bad International Arbitration Clause

Luckin Coffee Files for Bankruptcy in the United States: This is Your Due Diligence Reminder