US mulls Google legal challenge
The US is considering legally challenging China over internet restrictions imposed on Google and other American companies, Reuters reported. But US Trade Representative Ron Kirk said that while a >>more...
Beijing court throws out Avatar plagiarism case
A Beijing man who claimed that director James Cameron's sci-fi epic Avatar was a plagiarism of his online novel had his case dismissed by a Beijing court, AFP reported. Zhou Shaomou was demanding 8% >>more...
Controls tightened on representative offices
A new circular published by the State Administration for Industry and Commerce of the People's Republic of China (AIC) sets out more stringent operational rules for representative offices of foreign companies. >>more...
China to monitor 'naked officials'
The Chinese government is strengthening efforts to monitor officials whose wives and children live abroad, as such officials are prone to abuse power. >>more...
Auditors' power increased
China will use auditors to check all fiscal funds and all government-related construction projects as stimulus package spending brings corruption concerns. >>more...
Festival gift-giving can be corrupt
The Chinese tradition of presenting gifts to family members and friends during the Lunar New Year has now been extended to sending gifts to officials. This poses new challenges to the country's anti-corruption efforts. >>more...
Chinese firms boost share of international patents
Patents filed by Chinese companies rose 29.7% last year as the global economic crisis saw total international patent filings fall by 4.5%, according to the World Intellectual Property Organization >>more...
Beijing court makes landmark $1.3m IP ruling
A Beijing court has ordered two Chinese kettle manufacturers to pay US$1.3 million (RMB9.1 million) in damages to a UK company over patent infringements, the South China Morning Post reported. The >>more...
China revises relocation property law
China's State Council has published new regulations which will increase compensation paid to residents of land marked for redevelopment, the Financial Times reported. The proposed guidelines would >>more...
Chinese spies target British business: MI5
British businessmen working in China were warned that Chinese spies could try to hack into their computers or blackmail them over sexual relationships, the New York Times reported, citing unnamed >>more...
A civil action
Foreign firms beware: China's new Tort Law clears the path for individuals to defend their rights in court, says Harris & Moure's Steven M. Dickinson >>more...
Rio Tinto file handed to state prosecution
The investigation into Rio Tinto executive Stern Hu, an Australian citizen, and three of the iron ore giant’s local staff members has passed from police to state prosecutors, once more bringing >>more...
Chinese accounting standards should apply across Hong Kong
MALCOLM MOORE: Hong Kong will allow Chinese companies to file reports using Chinese accounting standards. It wouldn't be a bad thing if Hong Kong companies used them too. >>more...
Debtors could face jail time
Credit card holders face tough penalties if they don't pay their bills >>more...
The state advances, the private sector retreats!
MALCOLM MOORE: The last few months has seen a marked advance by China's state-owned firms, whether in the coal or steel sectors or in infrastructure and manufacturing >>more...
Don't play for keeps
Long-term leasing might unlock China's property market for some foreign investors, says Harris & Moure's Steven M. Dickinson >>more...
Best of the Editors' Journal: A silver lining
Slow growth has an upside for power, March 19:
Lost in the doomy forecasts of what awaits China if it doesn't maintain 8% growth is an understanding of how slower growth could be a blessing in >>more...
Know your risk
Criminal convictions over the dairy scandal remind us that foreign managers are not above the law, says Harris & Moure's Steven M. Dickinson >>more...
Changes you can bank on
The global credit crisis may legitimize Beijing's financial management model, says Deloitte's Ken DeWoskin >>more...
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