• posted: Feb. 14, 2017
• Peter Pang
• Business In China

Although it may seem sheer lunacy to some due to the rapid growth of the Chinese economy in recent decades, particularly with its status as the world’s second largest economy, Read More

• posted: Feb. 03, 2017
• Peter Pang
• Business In China,  Foreign Direct Investments,  China 101

Franchising American restaurants in China was recently in the news amid reports that fast food giant McDonald’s has sold its mainland China and Hong Kong businesses to a consortium between Read More

• posted: Feb. 03, 2017
• Peter Pang
• Business In China

As its economy has evolved China’s labor laws have also evolved.  While independent contractors, an increasingly common trend in the United States and Japan, the world’s first and third largest Read More

• posted: Jan. 16, 2017
• Peter Pang
• Business In China,  Foreign Direct Investments,  China 101

Under Chinese law, every company must have a legal representative when starting a company or opening a new business in the PRC.  A company’s legal representative is the individual who Read More

• posted: Dec. 22, 2016
• Peter Pang
• Business In China,  Foreign Direct Investments,  Intellectual Property

Many foreign businesses are reluctant to register their brand name into Chinese, assuming that the brand will be recognizable, distinctive, and protected by one trademark filing. In reality, it is Read More

• posted: Nov. 16, 2016
• Peter Pang
• Business In China,  Foreign Direct Investments,  Legal Updates

Much of the world, China included, is in shock over the recent election of billionaire property developer and TV reality shows mogul Donald J. Trump in the United States.  All Read More

• posted: Nov. 07, 2016
• Peter Pang
• Business In China,  China 101

The Companies Law of the People’s Republic of China requires that all foreign-owned corporate entities have a registered physical address in China.  However, many foreign investors have gambled (and lost) Read More

• posted: Oct. 21, 2016
• Peter Pang
• Business In China,  Foreign Direct Investments,  Legal Updates

In a recent development that could either spell great news or a reason for fear for foreign workers in China, on September 9, 2016, China’s State Administration of Foreign Experts Read More

• posted: Oct. 10, 2016
• Peter Pang
• Business In China,  China 101

What’s new? On September 3 2016, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of the Peoples’ Republic of China (NPC) adopted the amendments which modified the rules relating to the Read More

• posted: Sep. 16, 2016
• Peter Pang
• Arbitration and Litigation,  Business In China,  Foreign Direct Investments,  Intellectual Property

What does a deck of playing cards and a lighter have in common? ‘Nothing’, one could argue. On December 30th 2015, the Beijing No.1 Intermediate People’s Court argued otherwise and Read More