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Posts of the Week: 12/22 - 12/28

December 29, 2008 23:14

Keeping the Lights on (Part 1): Costing in China At All Roads Lead to ChinaThe link isn't working in my browser, but I'm getting it through my RSS. I'm just assuming that the site is temporarily down.Sanlu Group Co. Bankrupt: Morally & Financially at China Business Law BlogIn Defense of Due...

Posts of the Week 12/15 - 12/21

December 22, 2008 17:13

Drafting An Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement: Where is China? at IP DragonA Verdict in the Case of the 'Human Flesh Search Engine' at China JournalChinese Banks in Trouble? Over Overstated Statistics? You Decide at All Roads Lead to ChinaChina Cleantech: 2008 in Review at China CommentThere Are...

Posts of the Week 12/8 - 12/14

December 15, 2008 03:01

China's New Labor Contract Law. Harmonized Out of Existence? at China Law BlogCareful what you hear.Jerome Cohen on China's legal reforms at CER: The Editors' JournalA look at comments out of a November Politburo meeting on judicial reform.Global trade is shrinking fast by Brad SetserThomson...

An Intimate Evening With John Bolton

December 09, 2008 03:35

This evening I attended an informal sit down with former US Ambassador John Bolton, the one who brought Marxisms to the highest international governing body in the world, to discuss US foreign policy for the next president (and, by "informal" I mean there were about 15 of us; by "sit down" I mean...

Posts of the Week: 12/1 - 12/7

December 07, 2008 20:39

Business Expenses and China's New Corporate Income Tax Law at China BriefingInvestigation Orders in IP Cases at China HearsayChina is starting to sound like a normal creditor country by Brad SetserHow to Make a Good Enquiry Part 2 at The China Sourcing BlogThirty Years of Chinese Legal Reform at...

Rethinking Chinese FDI Round-Tripping

December 03, 2008 16:35

Last night, I started reading Yasheng Huang's Capitalism with Chinese Characteristics. Later, I'll post a real review, but for now here's an excerpt from a short review by Tyler Cowen which I agree with:This very serious work reexamines the role of the state in the Chinese economy.. . .I do not...

There's No Competing With This AML Guide

December 02, 2008 22:49

DLA Publications just released the handiest and easiest to read primer on China's AML provisions that I've run across. It's also pretty dang pretty.The subject matter is a little rough for a firm attorney; you're not going to be able to read this 18 page guide and be able to adequately assess...

Because Voting is Fun

December 02, 2008 00:18

Sure, I haven't posted anything for a couple of weeks, but I blame it on the school. Nonetheless, that does not mean that I don't think that you should head on over to Chinalyst and vote for me in their annual China blog awards. To vote, click the picture below, and click the '+' button under my...

Post of the Week: 11/24 - 11//30

December 01, 2008 19:27

There was only one, but it was a doozy:If you only read one thing on this this fall ... by Brad Setser

Posts of the Week: 11/17 -11/23

November 25, 2008 01:21

Well, it's that time of year again . . . I was going to write this yesterday with some tea in the afternoon. But, I was working on extraterritorial antitrust jurisdiction problems, and I kinda lost track of time.Transitional Review Mechanism of China's TRIPs Implementations Q&A Copyright Law at IP...