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		<title>what happens when copyright violations occur abroad?  (part 2)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Having said what I did in my previous post, you may be wondering if there really is anything else to follow up.  My answer: of course there is!  (that&#8217;s why this is a 3 part series, and not a one shot deal)
What happens now when there is some sort of contract or written agreement that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/11/14/what-happens-when-copyright-violations-occur-abroad-part-2/</link>
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		<title>what happens when copyright violations occur abroad?  (part 1)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been wanting to do this series of posts for some time now.  In fact, I&#8217;ve been sitting on the materials for this for months&#8230;  as you can tell, I&#8217;d more or less taken a brief blogging hiatus, just posting stuff here and there.  I don&#8217;t believe I can return to the sort of posting [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/11/12/what-happens-when-copyright-violations-are-abroad-part-1/</link>
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		<title>seems like everyone is doing the stimulus package thing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[And it also seems like everyone who is trying to implement one is also having a harder time trying to get it off the ground quickly.  Hopefully it will at least be done in a &#8220;timely manner&#8221;&#8230;  I say this because I&#8217;ve been watching the U.S. news and noticed that the bailout package hasn&#8217;t been [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/11/10/seems-like-everyone-is-doing-the-stimulus-package-thing/</link>
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		<title>congratulations to mr. obama</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, it&#8217;s what I had expected.  Now that the media battle is over, let&#8217;s get focused on getting back to work.  I truly hope that Barack Obama ends up being a more positive figure to China and China/foreign trade now that he can stop talking tough for his constituents, and also, be a little more [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/11/04/congratulations-to-mr-obama/</link>
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		<title>for the sake of china relations, no obama</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s already late for many of my readers, that&#8217;s fine.  I should&#8217;ve posted earlier.
I think its already pretty obvious where I&#8217;ve stood on the McCain v. Obama issue.  I may well be a loser today, but I just can&#8217;t get over the rhetoric for Obama&#8230;  of course, Obama is a lawyer&#8211;and answers questions like one: [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/11/04/for-the-sake-of-china-no-obama/</link>
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		<title>weekend review: more and more melamine</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just wanted to post quickly about more and more melamine developments.  The first is not Sanlu, believe it or not.  Not milk.  It&#8217;s eggs.  CNN published an 
article entitled &#8220;
Hong Kong finds excessive melamine in eggs&#8220;.  Here is an excerpt:
HONG KONG, China (AP) &#8212; Excessive levels of the industrial chemical melamine in Chinese eggs might [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/10/25/weekend-review-more-and-more-melamine/</link>
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		<title>conference: global economics and immigration policy, 10/24</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just got this email on the late side, so I apologize for the lack of notice.  My alma mater, UC Hastings, is sponsoring a 
conference entitled &#8220;
Cities and Counties in the Global Economy: Local Immigration and Economic Policies under a Microscope&#8220;.  Time and location:
October 24, 2008
8:30 am to 4:00 pm, Reception to Follow
UC Hastings College [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/10/21/conference-global-economics-and-immigration-policy-1024/</link>
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		<title>looks like the sanlu lawsuits are still going nowhere</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The International Herald Tribune (tagline: the New York Times Global Edition), published an article reiterating some not-so-surprising news, entitled &#8220;
Lawsuits in China&#8217;s milk scandal unlikely to be settled in court&#8220;.  (
h/t to CDT)
Of course, what was reported was nothing new to the readers of this blog:
The parents filed a lawsuit Monday in the arid northwest [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/10/17/looks-like-the-sanlu-lawsuits-are-still-going-nowhere/</link>
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		<title>hong kong receives a visit from an angell</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Not an angel.  An &#8220;Angell&#8221;, as in Boston&#8217;s  
Edwards Angell Palmer &#38; Dodge.  The National Law Journal picked up very briefly on this 
story today:
 The 600-lawyer Boston-based 
Edwards Angell Palmer &#38; Dodge is entering the Chinese legal market through an association with the newly formed firm 
Lister Swartz, comprised of two long-time Hong Kong [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/10/02/hong-kong-receives-a-visit-from-an-angell/</link>
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		<title>inevitability: the first of the sanlu lawsuits</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, it seems like 
national government assistance and 
local government discouragement (a.k.a. pressure) didn&#8217;t prevent what the government as a whole was trying to avoid all along with Sanlu: the lawsuit.  While I had thought it would be some time before one of these cases was filed, I was wrong.
The first lawsuit was reported by [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/10/01/inevitability-the-first-of-the-sanlu-lawsuits/</link>
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		<title>sanlu + government pressure = no lawyers&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, last week I posted &#8220;
sanlu + government help = no lawsuits?&#8221; where I discussed the policy of the Chinese government to offer help in lieu of allowing Sanlu and other entities to suffer through lawsuits, the lack of damages and use of civil litigation, and other such thoughts.  And of course, lawyers looked very [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/09/29/sanlu-government-pressure-no-lawyers/</link>
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		<title>annual meeting of the american society of comparative law</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I should have posted this one earlier, like some other interesting conferences/symposiums that are happening around here.  Anyways, the ACSL is having their annual meeting from 10/2/08 - 10/4/08 at my alma mater, 
UC Hastings College of the Law.  (198 McAllister St., San Francisco, CA 94102 USA)  The title of this year&#8217;s meeting is &#8220;The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/09/26/annual-meeting-of-the-american-society-of-comparative-law/</link>
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		<title>sanlu + government help = no lawsuits?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I knew I would see a story about the legal ramifications about the Sanlu milk formula scandal sooner or later.  The Christian Science Monitor finally wrote up an interesting article today entitled &#8220;
What China&#8217;s tainted milk may not bring: lawsuits.&#8220;  (
h/t to CDT)  Of course, part of me didn&#8217;t like the title already since most [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/09/22/sanlu-government-help-no-lawsuits/</link>
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		<title>china isn&#8217;t getting burned twice</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Really interesting article from Time today entitled &#8220;
Why China Won&#8217;t Come to the Rescue&#8221; that discusses why China isn&#8217;t about to invest to save battered American financial institutions.  I think the reason can be summed in 2 ways:

Been There, Done That&#8230;
I&#8217;m Not Falling For That One Again&#8230;

Basically, China is not about to play the fool [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/09/19/china-isnt-getting-burned-twice/</link>
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		<title>if blocking coke isn&#8217;t about nationalism, what is it?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Seems like Coca-Cola isn&#8217;t all the rage in China with the Huiyuan deal.  This has been receiving little coverage on the blogs&#8211;I think only Stan Abrams has covered this more than once.  (see his main post 
here)  But I read this AFP 
article entitled &#8220;
Chinese firms try to block Coke&#8217;s juice company takeover: report&#8221; and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/09/16/if-blocking-coke-isnt-about-nationalism-what-is-it/</link>
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		<title>mccain and obama personally weigh in on china</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dan Harris at 
CLB recently posted John McCain and Barack Obama&#8217;s 
statements about China from the American Chamber of Commerce.  Since I&#8217;ve been following this election more closely than the last, I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s quite the yawn that Dan characterizes it as.  But that being said, it is ultimately nothing surprising.  I just wanted [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/09/15/mccain-and-obama-personally-weigh-in-on-china/</link>
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		<title>foreigners following the american law school method</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Or perhaps I could rename this post, &#8220;ABA accredited school coming to China part II&#8221; (following this 
post about Beijing Daxue&#8217;s new law school).  I saw this 
article from the National Law Journal today, and since it piggy backs so well with the discussions about BeiDa&#8217;s J.D. style law school, I had to include it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/09/09/foreigners-following-the-american-law-school-method/</link>
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		<title>shanghai business networking - 9/10</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sorry for the last minute notice on this, but I thought better late than never.  The Investment in China Shanghai Business Club is hosting its &#8220;Shanghai Business &#38; Investment Social Networking Evening&#8221; on September 10 at 7pm at 748 JuLu Road (near FuMin Road) in Shanghai.  Here&#8217;s the pitch:
The social networking evening intends to provide [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/09/09/shanghai-business-networking-910/</link>
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		<title>perhaps the time is coming for less secretive trials&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t know if you had been following the Yang Jia case (see Los Angeles Times article 
here) given that American politics has taken a front seat at many blogs (my posts on 
Joe Biden and Obama&#8217;s 
McCain ad; Experience Not Logic on the lame 
DNC China rhetoric; Silk Road International on 
Obama&#8217;s political pandering; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/09/02/perhaps-the-time-is-coming-for-less-secretive-trials/</link>
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		<title>joe biden&#8217;s china stances</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, I said no politics this time.  I apologize.  It was too good to pass up a chance to talk about 
Joe Biden, the VP pick for Barack Obama and senator from Delaware (D).  On the Issues does a good job summarizing some of his stances by taking quotes from various debates and speeches he [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/08/23/joe-bidens-china-stances/</link>
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		<title>john mccain blamed for shipping jobs to china?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Got to love the AFL-CIO&#8217;s hand in American politics.  Normally, I couldn&#8217;t care all that much about what the unions say during the presidential politics season because they don&#8217;t say anything interesting.  (around these parts in San Francisco, the unions end up being more of a nuisance because of periodic picketing and because many of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/08/20/john-mccain-blamed-for-shipping-jobs-to-china/</link>
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		<title>dechert is coming to town september 1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[More people are coming to China looking for gold&#8230;  and no, I don&#8217;t mean the 
Olympics or gold medals.  (though I am sure Michael Phelps is quite happy with the &#8220;Great Haul of China&#8221; as I&#8217;ve seen it termed)  Nope.  Instead, Philadelphia based lawfirm 
Dechert LLP is going to start a Beijing office as early [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/08/18/dechert-is-coming-to-town-september-1/</link>
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		<title>china wholesale prices surge 10% in july</title>
		<description><![CDATA[CNN Money ran an 
article today entitled, &#8220;China wholesale prices surge&#8221;.  Of course, the news isn&#8217;t really all that new to anyone following the effects of inflation in China over the past year or so.  However, the rate of inflation is rather disturbing: its the highest rate in 12 years.
China&#8217;s wholesale inflation in July accelerated [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/08/12/china-wholesale-prices-surge-10-in-july/</link>
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		<title>morrison &#038; foerster and the beijing olympics</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Saw an interesting article in The Recorder, which is an affiliate of the National Law Journal and the American Lawyer.  The article is entitled, &#8220;
MoFo Got Game(s)&#8221; and discusses the legal work that the firm did for the Olympics, which started today:
When the Olympics start tonight, Morrison &#38; Foerster partner Kelly Crabb and some [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/08/08/morrison-foerster-and-the-beijing-olympics/</link>
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		<title>got to love lawsuits that have no real meaning</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Frivolous lawsuits.  First in America, then in China, and now in Spain.  Interesting indeed.  The AFP is 
reporting that Spain&#8217;s top criminal court will hear a suit &#8220;from Tibetan rights groups that accuses Chinese leaders of genocide in connection with the unrest that erupted in the region in March.&#8221;  (
h/t China Digital Times&#8230;  Stan Abrams [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/08/07/got-to-love-lawsuits-that-have-no-real-meaning/</link>
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		<title>blackstone in the news again&#8230;  just barely.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[But this time around, Blackstone Group isn&#8217;t causing a huge rupture on the internet about China taking a stake in Blackstone.  In fact, you would barely even have noticed it in CNN Money&#8217;s recent 
article about Blackstone beating expectations.  The article reads:
The company is also increasing its international focus. Blackstone announced the opening of a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/08/06/blackstone-in-the-news-again-just-barely/</link>
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		<title>how to anonymously report bribe demands</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I wanted to do a quick plug (and yes, I know that China Law Blog did one last month) for TRACE International&#8217;s 
BRIBEline.  Both because I was asked by the folks at 
TRACE International and because I find the idea of an online watchdog site to be very intriguing.
Here is how 
TRACE is plugging their [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/08/05/how-to-anonymously-report-bribe-demands/</link>
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		<title>video on china&#8217;s environmental challenge</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With the 2008 Olympics only days away, Beijing’s air quality is under close international scrutiny. But despite efforts to clean it up, air pollution still poses a serious issue for both China and the world.
Got an email from 
Asia Society Online about their new collaboration between the Center on US-China Relations.  Asia Society&#8217;s project is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/08/04/video-on-chinas-environmental-challenge/</link>
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		<title>customer service or lack thereof&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I had spent about 3 weeks in China, traveling from Beijing to Shanghai, with a number of stops in between.  After that, my wife and I headed to Hong Kong and Macau.
After spending this much time in China, Hong Kong reminded me much of the west when it came to one important aspect: customer [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/07/28/customer-service-or-lack-thereof/</link>
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		<title>quick travel update and chinese nationalism</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just wanted to write a quick post as I&#8217;ve been traveling.  We were in Beijing last week, and met with the blogger behind 
A Modern Lei Feng and Stan Abrams of 
China Hearsay.  I also had the chance to have lunch with a pair of Chinese lawyers from 
King &#38; Wood,  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/07/15/quick-travel-update-and-chinese-nationalism/</link>
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		<title>taking a brief blogging hiatus</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I will be on vacation for the next 3 weeks, and so want to apologize in advance for not posting.  Plenty of other good blogs on my blogroll to keep you up to date with China law and business &#8212; there are many quality China law blogs and China business blogs to choose from.  I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/07/07/brief-hiatus/</link>
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		<title>happy fourth of july!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Happy July 4th to all those celebrating the American Independence Day!  We have a long weekend here in the States, and I think everyone is happier for it.  For more information about the Holiday, check 
here.  Those in America, enjoy the holiday.  (I know I will be as I enjoy watching fireworks every year)  Those [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/07/04/happy-fourth-of-july/</link>
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		<title>free white papers from alibaba</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Got another email offer from the MBITA.  This time, its 
join Alibaba and get some free white papers, which cover the following topics:
1.         How to check your supplier before ordering
2.         Moving goods: the basics of shipment
3.         Resolving payment problems with buyers
4.         Tips for safe trading
5.         Fraud case [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/07/01/free-white-papers-from-alibaba/</link>
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		<title>first annual green trade network summit, 9/19</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Monterey Bay Int&#8217;l Trade Association (MBITA) is hosting their first annual Green Trade Network Summit, entitled &#8220;
When You Think Greek, You Must Think Global&#8220;.  It will be in Santa Cruz, CA, and is an all day event that runs from 8:30am - 5:30pm.  From their 
website, here is some interesting intro language:
The Green revolution [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/07/01/first-annual-green-trade-network-summit-919/</link>
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		<title>pbs &#8220;frontline: young and restless in china&#8221; is online</title>
		<description><![CDATA[PBS recently aired a series on its Frontline program called &#8220;
Young and Restless in China&#8220;.  It covers the stories of nine young people in China who come of age in a rapidly changing society.  Those 9 include a rapper, a consultant, a marketing executive, a hotel owner, etc.  Of course, it wouldn&#8217;t be on this [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/06/25/pbs-frontline-young-and-restless-in-china-is-online/</link>
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		<title>mccain and obama&#8217;s china and asia teams</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was about to stop posting about American politics, but then Stan Abrams recent 
post alerted me to this 
post at Thomas Crampton entitled &#8220;Obama McCain advisors for China and Asia. Know them?&#8221;  So I couldn&#8217;t resist at least posting this information because it seems that the U.S. presidential election is on the minds of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/06/24/mccain-and-obamas-china-and-asia-teams/</link>
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		<title>is &#8220;no more chinese knock-offs&#8221; an empty threat?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m surprised no one picked up on this 
editorial last week from Wang Qishan, Vice Premier of the State Council, entitled, &#8220;No More Chinese Knock-Offs&#8221;.  (
h/t to China Digital Times)  It followed pretty closely after the State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) released its 5 year IPR protection plan 
here.  (
h/t to China Law Practice Blog)  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/06/23/is-no-more-chinese-knock-offs-an-empty-threat/</link>
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		<title>i&#8217;ve been having computer problems</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I told everyone that I would be posting more often now, but I have since been experiencing difficulties with my trusty Thinkpad T42.  (apparently there is a fairly well documented problem with the soldering of the graphics chips on T42&#8217;s)  No made in China jokes please.
So, I would like to apologize for disappearing over the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/06/23/having-computer-problems/</link>
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		<title>conference: global website marketing, 6/20</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Okay, not a law based, but more of a business conference.  It&#8217;s a lunch 
conference hosted by the Monterey Bay International Trade Association (MBITA) entitled &#8220;Market Your Website to the World!&#8221; and sponsored by 
Richard Schneider Enterprises (RSE) a leader in providing global translation and interpretation services with 27 years of experience, working in over [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/06/19/conference-global-website-marketing-620/</link>
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		<title>obama backing off on anti-free trade sentiments</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In a recent 
post entitled &#8220;Barack Obama v. John McCain on Foreign Trade&#8221;, a number of comments suggested that the pre-election rhetoric was always more populist and protectionist than every president&#8217;s actual post-election policy.  Well, it seems like we may see this pre-election rhetoric lightening up already, though a tad earlier than most of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/06/18/obama-backing-off-on-anti-free-trade-sentiments/</link>
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		<title>look what came in the mail today</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I had been waiting for a package to come in for quite some time, and so today, I was already in a good mood to get the box.   In there was a
brand new updated version of 
Selecting and Forming Business Entities, 2d Edition, from California&#8217;s 
CEB (Continuing Education for the Bar).  CEB
is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/06/16/look-what-came-in-the-mail-today/</link>
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		<title>this bud&#8217;s not for you&#8211;it&#8217;s for china</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yes, its the weekend and here is my favorite article of the week.  
A Modern Lei Feng, who is also a lawyer but blogs about other things, had a 
post about InBev&#8217;s bid for Anheuser-Busch.  A European beer maker trying to take over an American one?  How much could that possibly effect [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/06/14/this-buds-not-for-you-its-for-china/</link>
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		<title>china&#8217;s new labor contract law&#8230; for american readers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There has been a lot of buzz about the new Labor Contract Law, and frankly, it has been difficult for me to weigh in without an English language version given that my Chinese reading skills aren&#8217;t good.  So I was excited to see that China Law &#38; Practice published an English version 
here.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/06/11/chinas-new-labor-contract-law-for-american-readers/</link>
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		<title>conference: china summit on anticorruption, 7/15-16</title>
		<description><![CDATA[American Conference Institute is hosting a conference focusing on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) entitled &#8220;China Summit on Anticorruption&#8221;.  The 2 day conference takes place in Shanghai on July 15-16, 2008 at the Shanghai Intercontinental Pudong.  (I wish I could be there, but I will be on a family vacation then)  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/06/07/conference-china-summit-on-anticorruption-715-16/</link>
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		<title>ABA accredited school coming to china?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wow, as if there weren&#8217;t enough ABA law schools&#8211;191 of them&#8211;and a whole host of other unaccredited schools, some of which are seeking accreditation, there is talk of an ABA approved school in China.  If it happens, it would be the first school approved outside of the U.S. and it&#8217;s territories that I know. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/06/05/aba-accredited-school-coming-to-china/</link>
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		<title>barack obama v. john mccain on foreign trade</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You can hardly click on a U.S. news website or a newspaper talking about Barack Obama&#8217;s historical milestone of being the first African-American Democratic Party nominee for President&#8230;  at least, if you are living in America, this is all you will hear about.  This is how 
CNN put it:
Barack Obama made history Tuesday [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/06/04/barack-obama-v-john-mccain-on-foreign-trade/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;show me the money&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yes, its Sunday and I am doing my review.  (normally I do it on Saturday)  But due to lack of posts recently, I wanted to put something real up yesterday.  So here is my review piece.  Rich Brubaker of All Roads put up a 
post entitled &#8220;When Sourcing in China. Cash [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/06/01/show-me-the-money/</link>
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		<title>human rights an issue in china&#8230; but what about the US?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Okay, I am about to post another potential fire starter.  Everyone has heard about China&#8217;s human rights record.  You&#8217;d have to be deaf and blind to not hear it in the west, or probably in China as well.  CNN recently did an article about Amnesty International&#8217;s annual report, and some of the results are predictable:
Irene [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/05/31/human-rights-an-issue-in-china-but-what-about-the-us/</link>
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		<title>foreign LLM&#8217;s again &#8212; with a twist</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just wanted to post this quickly from the New York Lawyer.  I recently had a post that linked Donald Clarke&#8217;s PDF resource on the usefulness (or lack thereof) of having a Chinese LLM.  Well, yesterday, the NY Lawyer published this 
article saying that foreign firms want staff their firms by having foreign attorneys [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/05/30/foreign-llms-again/</link>
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		<title>two more blogrolls, but things are busy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[China Esquire made 2 more blogrolls since my last update:  
China Business Services Blog, a long time China business blog run by Jeremy Gordon, and the newer 
China Law Practice Blog, which is published by Greg Sy and Stephen Lou of Grandall Legal Group in China.
Things are busy so I may not be able [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/05/29/two-more-blogrolls-but-things-are-busy/</link>
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		<title>fraud rule under the chinese law of letters of credit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
The International Lawyer published article a few months back from Professor 
Xiang Gao at China University of Political Science &#38; Law in the Winter 2007 Edition (Vol. 41, No. 4) entitled &#8220;The Fraud Rule in Law of Letters of Credit in the P.R.C.&#8221;  While the article may make for interesting reading about letters of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/05/28/fraud-rule-under-the-chinese-law-of-letters-of-credit/</link>
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		<title>great resource for those considering a chinese LLM</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Donald Clarke recently posted an updated version of an FAQ type of resource about foreigners who want to get an LLM (Master of Law) degree from a Chinese University.  It covers everything about which programs to consider and if such a degree will help you get a job in China.  You can find [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/05/27/great-resource-for-those-considering-a-chinese-llm/</link>
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		<title>understanding and undermining biases in the media</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have been thinking about the role of the media in both societies.  And I have long been critical of the media no matter what country you are in.  Here&#8217;s why.
Within the past few months in America, we have seen China being vilified for the Tibet uprising, the Olympic Torch relay coverage being [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/05/26/understanding-and-undermining-biases-in-the-media/</link>
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		<title>paul denlinger asks: &#8220;can&#8217;t we all just get along?&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yes, the famous line from the Rodney King Riots in the 1990&#8217;s seems to apply today so well.  I wanted to highlight 
a piece by Paul Denlinger at China Vortex this weekend, partially because I enjoyed it, and partially because it ignited a storm of comments on his blog.  Frankly, I thought it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/05/24/paul-denlinger-asks-cant-we-all-just-get-along/</link>
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		<title>america calling for a ban on chinese imported&#8230;  bodies?!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve talked about Americans decrying Chinese imported products on this blog, and the need for American and multinational corporations to get their act together in due diligence and quality control.  (Dan Harris at CLB had a 
post on QC which quotes the good ideas from Nina Ying Sun&#8217;s post 
here recently, in case you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/05/23/america-calling-for-a-ban-on-chinese-imported-bodies/</link>
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		<title>somewhere overnight, i became a &#8220;china expert&#8221; too</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Actually, I make no claim to be a China expert, though I am flattered to be considered one now.  An expanded article of mine, originally a blog post that reviewed IP enforcement in China, is on 
China Success Stories.  It is an expanded version because my 
original blog post just reviewed Professor Gruner&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/05/23/somewhere-overnight-i-became-a-china-expert-too/</link>
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		<title>continuing story: sichuan quake donations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Death toll now over 51,000&#8230;  Here is donation information for the earthquake:
&#8220;
More Ways to Help in the Aftermath of the Earthquake - UPDATED!&#8221; where I track reputable charities that are taking donations to help the quake victims.
I am going to keep the red badge on the site and close this thread.  The red badge [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/05/22/continuing-story-sichuan-quake-updates-and-donations/</link>
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		<title>global california (4/25) presentations posted</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In case you don&#8217;t remember, I had a 
post 2 months ago for a Monterey Bay International Trade Association event called &#8220;2008 Global California&#8221; which featured:
This year’s conference will feature panels and presentations on using web based solutions for qualified information, marketing, trade finance, interpretation/translation, collaboration and security.
Well, MBITA just emailed me to say that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/05/22/global-california-425-presentations-posted/</link>
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		<title>SMEs suffering through china investments due to US economy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week, Bill Dodson posted &#8220;
Strategic Tectonics in China Investment&#8221; at This is China! (a clever wordplay on the earthquake I bet), and I thought portions were worth sharing.  So before you march into China thinking that there is money to be made as an expat, or before you think sourcing in a major [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/05/21/smes-suffering-through-china-investments-due-to-us-economy/</link>
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		<title>conference: employment law goes global, 5/30</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From the San Francisco Bar Association, the Labor and Employment Section is hosting a 2008 International Employment Conference and entitled, &#8220;
Employment Law Goes Global: Focus On Asia And The Pacific Rim&#8220;. It will be held at the Bankers Club, 555 California Street, 52nd Floor, San Francisco, CA, from 9am-5pm on May 30 (5/30). This conference [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/05/20/conference-employment-law-goes-global-530/</link>
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		<title>foreign corrupt practices act being enforced in the US</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve posted on various FCPA conferences here from time to time, and of course, have been meaning to post something about this for some time now.  (much of it due to Jeff Brauer&#8217;s 
blog, which is pretty derogatory, but highlights the FCPA in many of his posts)  Ironically, here in America, it isn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/05/19/foreign-corrupt-practices-act-being-enforced-in-the-us/</link>
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		<title>tofu buildings as evidence of quality fade?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, I&#8217;m not even sure if I can call it quality fade to be honest.  Quality fade assumes the quality was good from the start and then went down later.  Its more like just the usual cutting of corners.  So perhaps its more a lack of QC and due diligence&#8230;  and it is also a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/05/18/tofu-buildings-as-evidence-of-quality-fade/</link>
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		<title>the need for proper international relations training in the US</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Review time again.  There were a lot of good articles this week such as Andrew Hupert&#8217;s talking about WFOE&#8217;s, but since I already shifted gears all week to cover the Sichuan Wenchuan Earthquake, I figured that I would do so in weekend review.  (Yes, China Esquire focuses on society as well)
Going Global did [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/05/17/the-need-for-proper-international-relations-training-in-the-us/</link>
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		<title>private equity deals moving westward</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Not a surprise since I already did one post about how businesses are looking for investment (venture capital and private equity) opportunities in Asia, particularly China and India, as the U.S. economy sputters along.  (see 
here)   Well, this article entitled &#8220;The Changing Face of Private Equity&#8221; from CNN Money just reinforced that:
What [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/05/16/private-equity-deals-moving-westward/</link>
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		<title>enjoy the scenery in china while it lasts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today is another break from the usual law and business stuff because of the quake, and also, I just needed a day to relax. The BBC ran an 
article last week entitled &#8220;Wild times in changing China&#8221; that talks about the natural treasures of China&#8217;s environment.  However, with the rural migration to the cities, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/05/15/enjoy-the-scenery-in-china-while-it-lasts/</link>
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		<title>blogroll additions low-key due to china quake updates</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Again, I can&#8217;t get myself to post anything substantive because of the Sichuan earthquake and subsequent aftershocks.  I have been trying to update my other posts.  (see 
here and 
here)
On a positive note, 
China Esquire: Law and Business Blog was recently blogrolled at:
-  
Alltop, a new aggregator that has China and Legal [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/05/14/blogroll-additions-but-keeping-it-simple-due-to-the-quake/</link>
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		<title>more ways to help in the aftermath of the earthquake - updated!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I had a post on PE ready to go, but I can&#8217;t bring myself to do it.  This Sichuan quake, while it doesn&#8217;t compare to the Myanmar cyclone in terms of sheer cost of human life, has been on my mind too much.  And so, I will keep on topic for another day. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/05/13/more-ways-to-help-in-the-aftermath-of-the-sichuan-quake/</link>
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		<title>sichuan quake updates and red cross donations - thread closed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
The Shanghaiist posted where the Chinese Red Cross is taking donations and constantly updating the blog with developments.  It is also getting thoroughly hammered right now, so I wanted to post this information for all readers.
(I have a 
separate post that details many charitable organizations, and it is being updated regularly.  Please click [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/05/12/sichuan-quake-updates-and-red-cross-donations/</link>
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		<title>are you sure that you want to be a lawyer in china?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have been doing some posts about networking and being able to practice law (unofficially) in China.  Well, the Star had an interesting 
article entitled, &#8220;Practising law a risky endeavour in China&#8221;.  Sure, it involves lawyers who end up taking controversial cases, but I thought it was worth highlighting because the rule of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/05/12/are-you-sure-that-you-want-to-be-a-lawyer-in-china/</link>
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		<title>private equity and venture capital in china</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Review time again as usual.  Most interesting business 
article for the week comes from Seeking Alpha entitled &#8220;Progress or Pipe Dreams? Private Equity / Venture Capital in China.&#8221;  (
h/t to China Law Blog)  Well, its not really an article: it is a panel discussion from some people who know the industry better [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/05/10/private-equity-and-venture-capital-in-china/</link>
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		<title>food exports to japan drop and china has no one to blame</title>
		<description><![CDATA[CNN World Business ran an 
article this past week that states that food exports have dropped by 30% to Japan, which is a key market for Chinese food products.  I am not sure that I actually feel too badly for China in this case, but let me explain after the article:
China&#8217;s food exports to Japan, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/05/09/food-exports-to-japan-drop-and-china-has-no-one-to-blame/</link>
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		<title>international m&#038;a symposium, 6/17-18</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The 
Institute for International and Comparative Law is hosting their Annual 
Symposium: International Mergers &#38; Acquisitions - Strategies and Trends.  This two day program takes place in Plano, Texas, on June 17-18.  Both days are packed with programs, as can be seen 
here.  Of particular note are some of the sessions, which [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/05/09/international-ma-symposium-617-18/</link>
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		<title>what&#8217;s good for the rule is law is good for chinese litigators</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have been hammering the fact that Chinese IPR enforcement&#8211;the protection of various sorts of intellectual property like patents and trademarks&#8211;has been getting better and better.  Statistics are powerful, and I don&#8217;t think these are any different.  The Economist recently did an 
article called &#8220;850,000 lawsuits in the Making&#8221; (
h/t Rich Brubaker at All Roads), [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/05/08/whats-good-for-the-rule-is-law-is-good-for-chinese-litigators/</link>
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		<title>networking for law students 201 - blogging</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is sort of a follow up on my previous post about networking tips for law students (see 
here), hence the title, but also in response to the fact that blogging made the cover of the 
California Lawyer Magazine this month.  I found the main article to be a re-hash of most such articles [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/05/07/networking-for-law-students-201-blogging/</link>
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		<title>the 2nd annual asia pacific m&#038;a summit, 6/3</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From China Law &#38; Practice&#8217;s 
website,  Asia Law &#38; Practice is hosting an Asia Pacific Mergers &#38; Acquisitions Summit in Hong Kong on 6/3/2008.  Their description of the event:
This top-level business symposium will feature open discussion and expert advice on the key regional and cross-border M&#38;A issues in Asia. The Asia Pacific M&#38;A [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/05/07/the-2nd-annual-asia-pacific-ma-summit-63/</link>
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		<title>faltering US economy = great opportunity for chinese</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Los Angeles Times recently published an 
article entitled &#8220;Chinese Firms Bargain Hunting in U.S.&#8221; (
h/t to CDT).  Ironically, I had just posted an article recently about western companies going into China because the U.S. economy was faltering.  (
here)  And while I had also written about China&#8217;s growing economic muscle (
here), the LA Times article [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/05/06/faltering-us-economy-great-opportunity-for-chinese/</link>
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		<title>what is chinese culture becoming in a global village?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Okay, I know this is controversial&#8230;  My blog says that I comment on law, business, society, and of course, anything else interesting.  Anyone following these blogs can quickly tell I normally talk law and business, and rarely about anything else.  (maybe some American politics once or twice)  But Chinese society is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/05/04/what-is-chinese-culture-becoming-in-a-global-village/</link>
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		<title>china = the dominant superpower by 2015?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[CNN Money ran an 
article the other day with a title that made me want to read it: &#8220;You Have 7 Years to Learn Mandarin&#8221;.  Oh really?  Why so you might ask?  My original thinking is because the Chinese business (and therefore legal) market would become too saturated with ex-pats and half-pats [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/05/02/china-the-dominant-superpower-by-2015/</link>
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		<title>am-cham&#8217;s american business in china report is so&#8230;  american</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The American Chamber of Commerce recently published its &#8220;2008 White Paper on American Business in China&#8221;, which can be found 
here.  (
h/t to Chinese Law Prof Blog)  It is a very helpful overview of issues that American businesses will face coming into and doing business in China.  The usual suspects are there: [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/04/30/am-chams-american-business-in-china-report-is-so-american/</link>
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		<title>why the EU&#8217;s current approach to IP works</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While I am still talking about intellectual property and IPR enforcement, I thought I would highlight an article I read recently.  The Associated Press recently published an 
article entitled &#8220;While upset about piracy, EU is more serene about China than US&#8221;.  The article reads:
Compared to Washington, the European Union has been serene about [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/04/29/why-the-eus-current-approach-to-ip-works/</link>
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		<title>can we say frivolous lawsuit in china?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Review time&#8230;  I didn&#8217;t think too many frivolous lawsuits happened in China. In fact, that&#8217;s often the criticism I hear about the United States.  (think of lawsuits like McDonald&#8217;s making you fat, etc.)  But here is a case where I think there is a frivolous lawsuit&#8230;  in China of all places. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/04/26/can-we-say-frivolous-lawsuit-in-china/</link>
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		<title>how to protect your IPR via supply chain security</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Matthew DeFlorio published an article with the ABA International Law Section&#8217;s International Law News.  It doesn&#8217;t directly relate to China, but I think its tips are very applicable.  A number of his suggestions are based not only in common sense, but quite a bit of experience as well.  However, a number of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/04/25/how-to-protect-your-ipr-via-supply-chain-security/</link>
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		<title>intellectual property enforcement in &#8220;four chinas&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The International Law News, which is the American Bar Association&#8217;s (ABA) publication for the 
International Law Section, published an article by 
Richard Gruner entitled &#8220;Intellectual Property in the Four Chinas&#8221;.  You might be wondering if there are four Chinas in the first place since most people think there is one China&#8230;  unless you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/04/24/intellectual-property-enforcement-in-four-chinas/</link>
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		<title>china IPR enforcement: some more numbers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Xinhua is reporting that China destroyed some 47 million copies of illegal publications this past Sunday.  And it gives even more numbers from the past 20 years.  The 
article reads:
Chinese authorities destroyed 47.18 million pornographic and illegal publications on Sunday as part of an ongoing campaign to strengthen intellectual property rights (IPR) protection.
More [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/04/23/china-ipr-enforcement-some-more-numbers/</link>
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		<title>when the u.s. economy tanks, &#8220;go west young man&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There were a pair of articles last week at the Financial Times that talked about how companies are investing in the Asian M&#38;A market while the western markets (American and European) aren&#8217;t do so well.  The West&#8217;s pain will ultimately be China&#8217;s gain it seems.
The first 
article is entitled, &#8220;Asia’s M&#38;A market shows its [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/04/22/when-the-us-economy-tanks-go-west-young-man/</link>
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		<title>conference: international tax &#038; estate planning 2008, 6/3 (ny)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Practising Law Institute (PLI) is doing a multitude of international and China related conferences that give out Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credits.  This one is in New York only (sorry SF folks), but is available via webcast on June 3 from 9am - 4:45pm.  Here is the introductory information from the PLI 
website:
 The global [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/04/21/conference-international-tax-estate-planning-2008-63-ny/</link>
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		<title>china&#8217;s ip efforts are laudable despite constant western criticism</title>
		<description><![CDATA[China has been trying to crack down on intellectual property violations for some time now.  (a friend of mine used to do this sort of stuff for a living and he has some exciting stories)  That being said, it seems that to the west (and not just America), China can never win.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/04/18/chinas-ip-efforts-are-laudable-despite-constant-western-criticism/</link>
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		<title>how to dig yourself into a (donut) hole in china</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Silicon Hutong did a 
post yesterday about Krispy Kreme&#8217;s strategy to break into China&#8211;Shenzhen to be specific. And while many China consultants try to model and/or describe best practices, its always helpful to look at bad practices&#8211;both as a teaching lesson and to laugh at a little. After all, just because people like 
Krispy Kreme [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/04/17/how-to-dig-yourself-into-a-donut-hole-in-china/</link>
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		<title>america and the eu &#8220;team up&#8221; on chinese toy safety</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An 
article that was sitting in my mailbox that was just waiting for comment was entitled &#8220;EU and US team up on Chinese toys&#8221; from BBC News.  It&#8217;s a little old, but since the news was not covered on any of the blogs I frequent, I thought I would talk about it:
The EU and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/04/16/america-and-the-eu-team-up-on-chinese-toy-safety/</link>
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		<title>food safety standards being incorporated into a draft law</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The China Daily mentioned in an 
article last week (
h/t to China Digital Times today) that some of China&#8217;s new ideas for a food safety system won&#8217;t just be suggestions: they are being drafted into a new law.  That is indeed interesting.  Here is how the article reads in part:
The new product identification and tracking [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/04/15/food-safety-standards-being-incorporated-into-a-draft-law/</link>
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		<title>conference: fundamentals of int&#8217;l business transactions, 5/8-5/10</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The American Law Institute (ALI) and the American Bar Association (ABA) are co-hosting the 22nd annual &#8220;Fundamentals of International Business Transactions&#8221; on 5/8-5/10/2008 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada at the 
Four Seasons Hotel Toronto.  You can attend the program, which sounds like a crash course in IBT, both live or via webcast.
Topics to be covered [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/04/14/conference-fundamentals-of-intl-business-transactions-58-510/</link>
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		<title>clients behaving badly (a/k/a demanding discounts)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Review time.  I am quite busy at work, so that should explain my slowdown in posting.  I have a articles sitting on my desk and in my email inbox waiting for commentary and posting, but the client&#8217;s demands are the client&#8217;s demands.  (No, I am not going to abandon this blog)
Post of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/04/12/clients-wanting-discounts/</link>
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		<title>sf olympic torch protests: nothing for china to lose sleep over</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As promised, I am going to write my personal impressions of what I witnessed at the 
Olympic torch tour (or perhaps I should say, the faked part of the torch tour).  I was near San Francisco&#8217;s 
Ferry Building during my lunch break, and had a great view of the street (the Embarcadero) where the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/04/10/sf-olympic-torch-protests-nothing-for-china-to-lose-sleep-over/</link>
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		<title>firsthand account of torch relay change &#038; protests&#8211;forthcoming</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I will have my own post on the China Olympic torch up later tonight or early tomorrow.  I was actually at the San Francisco Ferry Building (and the Justin Hermann Plaza) this afternoon with the hopes of seeing the torch pass by.  After finding a great spot on the Embarcadero, which was the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/04/09/firsthand-account-of-torch-tour-change-protests-forthcoming/</link>
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		<title>networking for law students 101.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have law students asking me for career advice all the time.  Of course, it doesn&#8217;t hurt that I was a Mentorship Committee 
Co-chair for the Asian American Bar Association (
AABA) for the past 3 years.  And I don&#8217;t mind.  Really.
One constant question is about how to network with people.   [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/04/08/networking-for-law-students-101/</link>
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		<title>symposium: politics of international law, 4/18</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Golden Gate University (
GGU, here in San Francisco) and the Sompong Sucharitkul Center for Advanced International Legal Studies is hosting a symposium entitled &#8220;The Politics of International Law&#8221;.  It takes place at GGU School of Law, 536 Mission Street, Room 2201, San Francisco on 4/18 from 9am-5pm.  (with all of these all-day conferences, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/04/07/symposium-politics-of-international-law-418/</link>
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		<title>hong kong - service center par excellence?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It is still review time today, and my favorite blog post all week comes from 
Silicon Hutong, which is a responsive posting to an 
article from the China Economic Review / Business Week (re-print).  I try not to reprint posts without commentary, but this one was so well done that I don&#8217;t think I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/04/06/hong-kong-service-center-par-excellence/</link>
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		<title>spc jurisdictional amounts for various chinese courts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Weekend review again.  This week, Brad Luo at China Business Law Blog did a 
post entitled &#8220;Amount in Controversy and Jurisdiction Redefined by the SPC&#8221;.  Apparently, the Supreme People&#8217;s Court released new guidelines for what courts a litigant may bring his, her, or its case in depending upon the amount in controversy.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/04/05/spc-jurisdictional-amounts-for-various-chinese-courts/</link>
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		<title>where there isn&#8217;t a meeting of the minds between cultures&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have been thinking a lot about the Chinese mindset vs. the American mindset.  Being a Chinese American, I find myself smack in the middle a lot: appreciating western principles, culture and ideology, and yet, raised by those who were culturally very Chinese, and all that it entails about trust for others, ideology, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/04/04/where-there-isnt-a-meeting-of-the-minds-between-cultures/</link>
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		<title>new word for the bubble bursting: &#8220;slow growth&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Seems like everyone is talking nowadays about the poor growth and slow down of the Chinese economy. I started talking about the subject a few days ago, and now all I see is how China&#8217;s economy is slowing, the bubble is bursting, etc.
Here are some of the articles.  First, from the 
Wall Street Journal [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chinalawandbusiness.com/2008/04/03/new-word-for-the-bubble-bursting-slow-growth/</link>
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