• posted: Mar. 22, 2017
• Peter Pang
• Arbitration and Litigation,  Labor and Employment Law,  Business In China,  Foreign Direct Investments

If you are a Chinese employer and have terminated an employee, it is highly likely the employer may seek redress through the courts in an effort to rescind their termination Read More

• posted: Mar. 06, 2017
• Peter Pang
• Business In China,  China 101

The Internet has exploded in China, and some of the world’s leading e-commerce and other web-based business like Alibaba, WeChat, and others have originated from the PRC (People’s Republic of Read More

• posted: Mar. 01, 2017
• Peter Pang
• Business In China,  Intellectual Property

China is a “first registration ” jurisdiction when it comes to trademark protections, meaning that the first individual or corporate entity to register a trademark will generally take priority over Read More

• posted: Feb. 23, 2017
• Peter Pang
• Business In China,  Foreign Direct Investments,  China 101

In 2016, China’s government passed a new foreign investment law (the Foreign Invested Enterprises Law) designed to make the PRC a more attractive environment for foreign investors.  In connection with Read More

• posted: Feb. 17, 2017
• Peter Pang
• Labor and Employment Law,  Business In China,  China 101

In many Western countries, written employee handbooks have been standard practice for most employers for decades. These handbooks provide a uniform set of guidelines that the employer follows in terms Read More

• 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

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: 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: 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