China Esquire

Checked my mail the other day only to find a copy of Paul Midler’s book Poorly Made in China: An Insider’s Account of the Tactics Behind China’s Production Game. In it, Paul defines and talks about the problem of quality fade, which I am sure I must’ve talked about last year when I was on a posting rampage. (For those of you who don’t know, quality fade refers to when a factory starts out producing high quality products and then later turns out inferior products by cutting corners to save costs)

The Economist already ran a brief review/summary/introduction to the book here. I haven’t read it yet, but definitely looking forward to it, as is Mrs. China Esquire’s father, who is a sociology professor and interested in such topics. I plan to review when I take my paternity leave next month, so stay tuned for more information on the book.

For now, let’s just say that I can’t wait to read it.

Stan Abrams recently did a great post at China Hearsay about trademark registration, which piggybacks on Dan’s post at CLB. So why am I so enamored with this post? Because Stan is saying something that so many attorneys wish we could say to our clients. Not because we hate our clients, but because sometimes it’s easier to give the straight talk rather than give “professional sounding” advice.

I compiled key parts of Stan’s post after the jump.
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I just couldn’t resist doing posting at least one baby picture of Baby China Esquire.  I know, its not related to Chinese law, business, non-profits, or society other than the fact that the little baby has Chinese parents…  but I hope that you will pardon my excitement!

I hope to get back to blogging about my normal blog subjects again soon.

Just an FYI, I’ve been very busy and haven’t been able to post.  Mrs. China Esquire and I had the privilege (and the responsibility) of bringing Baby China Esquire into the world this past week.  As a result, I haven’t been getting much sleep on top of an already rigorous work schedule.  I don’t plan to disappear completely, but if my post count remains low for the time being, you know why.  I must say, baby is awfully cute!