Business In China
EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment: An Opportunity or a Challenge? 
- January 28, 2021
- Posted by: John Tan
- Category: Business In China
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CAI is short for EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment. December 30, 2020, just two (2) days before the enforcement of the Civil Code of the People of Republic of China (effective on January 1, 2021), the EU and China concluded the negotiations for a Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (“CAI”). Even under the impact of...
Benefits of Becoming a Good Corporate Citizen in China 
- July 22, 2020
- Posted by: Peter Pang
- Category: Business In China, Labor and Employment Law
Information flows fast in the digital age. What people read about Chinese companies on the web and social media affects both the company’s reputation and its revenues. As such, it has never been a more important time to become a good corporate citizen in the global marketplace. And for many Chinese companies, integrating social responsibility...
The New Normal: Shifting Chinese Workplace Policies During COVID-19 
- July 17, 2020
- Posted by: Peter Pang
- Category: Business In China, COVID-19, Labor and Employment Law
The world is changing more quickly than any of us ever expected it to. Like enterprises around the world, modern Chinese companies must provide for their customers and their employees as COVID-19 threatens to bring much of the global economy to an unanticipated standstill. At the same time, racial and gender-based discrimination has leapt to…
Long Awaited Civil Code 
- July 8, 2020
- Posted by: John Tan
- Category: Business In China, Intellectual Property
On May 28, 2020, the Civil Code of the People’s Republic of China (the Country) was adopted at the third session of the 13th National People's Congress, the top legislature. Since March, 2015, lawmakers of the Country began to codify the Country's Civil Code by systematically incorporating existing civil laws and regulations, and modifying and...
Bringing The Spirit of the Me Too Movement to Trans-Pacific Businesses 
- June 30, 2020
- Posted by: Peter Pang
- Category: Business In China, Sexual Harassment
Women are rising up around the world, claiming a greater role in political and economic leadership. It’s happening everywhere and in the face of differing cultural values, history, and context that otherwise may have allowed for subjugation or discrimination. As difficult as this adjustment may be in the short-term, as women achieve positions of leadership...
China’s Evolving Environmental Protection Laws 
- June 17, 2020
- Posted by: Peter Pang
- Category: Business In China, Legal Updates
In the past, irresponsible industries sought out partnerships with Asian countries in order to avoid environmental regulations. China and its neighboring countries were unwilling “pollution havens” simply by nature of the fact that we did not have the same stringent environmental regulations that became common across North America and Europe over recent decades. As a...
How U.S. Businesses Can Keep Trans-Pacific Operations Strong During COVID-19 
- May 21, 2020
- Posted by: Peter Pang
- Category: Business In China, COVID-19, Legal Updates
China and the United States mutually benefit from their deeply intertwined relationships. The strong economic connection between the U.S. and China creates a natural incentive to keep trans-Pacific operations strong despite the challenges presented by the coronavirus pandemic. China’s COVID-19 Response Proves Effective When coronavirus first hit, the Chinese economy took a massive blow to...
Trademark – Your Pioneers for Doing Business in China! 
- May 14, 2020
- Posted by: John Tan
- Category: Business In China, Intellectual Property
The early bird catches worm – this is an old saying, but it still goes well even in the entrepreneurial and business circles. I believe this phrase is always a reminder that the early bird gets an insider’s advantage over the others. Talking of business, trademark matters, in particular, this blog is focused on why...
How To Source Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) From China? 
- May 7, 2020
- Posted by: Peter Pang
- Category: Business In China, China 101, COVID-19
As the number of global novel coronavirus (Covid-19) cases continues to grow at an unprecedented pace, healthcare facilities around the world are struggling with an increasing crush of patients, and are desperately looking for the equipment they need to better protect themselves from catching and spreading the virus. The ongoing pandemic has skyrocketed the global...
A Silver Lining in A Dark Cloud Under the Compact of Coronavirus – Cross-border Franchising in China 
- April 27, 2020
- Posted by: John Tan
- Category: Business In China, COVID-19, Foreign Direct Investments
First identified in December 2019 in Wuhan, the capital of China’s Hubei province, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) spread throughout the world within the weeks that followed. The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has created arguably the biggest global health crisis since the Spanish flu pandemic in 1918, as nearly 2 million COVID-19 cases have been confirmed...
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