
China’s Relations With the West: Straight Line Decline
There are those who believe China's ongoing Party Congress will bode well for companies that do business in or with China. I am firmly convinced that the opposite is true and that it will used as yet another opportunity by China to show that it will not be cowered by the declining relations and sanctions/counter-sanctions between the United States / EU / Australia / Japan on the one hand, and China on the other. I see China using this Congress to let the world (domestic and external) know that it fully intends to fight back and fight back hard. In other words, this Party Congress will lead to China's decoupling from much of the world accelerating, not slowing down.

在COVID封锁期间在中国做生意和与中国做生意
我比以往任何时候都更确信,中国共产党并不想改善COVID对中国的影响,因为这样做会削弱其对人民的惊人权力和控制。我也比以往任何时候都更相信,中国的COVID--更准确地说,中国共产党对COVID的处理--将在很长、很长一段时间内对那里的外国公司产生负面影响。

在美国遇到中国的第三号外交官后,对未来的一些希望。
最近,我有幸参加了犹他州世界贸易中心的活动,中国驻美国排名第三的外交官权静公使出席了这次活动,这是自 "特朗普关税 "实施以来中国高级官员的首次访问,之后,一个庞大的中国官员代表团来到了盐湖城

President Xi Will Hold Onto Power, BUT . . .
At least once a day, someone — usually a client — asks me if President Xi will hold onto power. And every day, I give a much shorter version of the following half-serious, half-facetious answer: He will hold onto power, but for how long I don’t know. It’s like the stock market. I can right

涉及中国资产的私募股权交易:尽职调查和正常的不合规行为
尽管中国的私募股权(PE)活动已经降温(见这里和这里),我们的律师事务所甚至在今年参与了许多涉及中国实体、雇员和资产的美国PE交易。这些交易通常是在两个私募股权集团之间的美国实体层面上进行的,在每个案例中,卖方都是

中国区块链的发展和机遇
区块链技术本质上是国际性的,而中国最近也有不少新闻。我曾从商业和国家安全的角度谈及中国和web3。这些新技术在中国国内和国外都带来了挑战和机遇。本篇文章主要讨论中国的营利性区块链发展和机会。

中国的反洗钱工作加大了监管力度
对于国际企业来说,所得到的启示应该是明确的。首先,中国当局对商业活动加强监督的趋势仍在继续。正如本博客的读者所注意到的,这是中国最近许多立法中反复出现的主题,即使是来自特别行政区的立法,如澳门的新博彩法。其次,在中国从事垄断行为的风险更大,对公司的处罚力度加大,负责任的官员也要承担个人责任。在与竞争对手和贸易伙伴打交道时,企业必须提防反垄断法,对任何可能被理解为垄断行为的活动给予广泛的关注。