• 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: Dec. 19, 2016
• Peter Pang
• Arbitration and Litigation,  Labor and Employment Law

Employee terminations in China can be quite unlike terminating an employee in other countries.  Whether the termination is for cause because the employee was embezzling from the company or for Read More

• posted: Nov. 16, 2016
• Peter Pang
• China 101,  Outbound Foreign Investments

The EB-5 visa is a United States visa program for immigrant investors that was first instituted by the federal Immigration Act of 1990.  The EB-5 visa provides means to obtain 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. 18, 2016
• Peter Pang
• China 101

As anyone who knows remotely anything about China can tell you, let alone anyone who has lived or is currently living in China, interest in teaching English in China by 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