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China Businesscast: Restrictions on foreign investments with attorney Steven Dickinson

A conversation with attorney Steven Dickinson, coauthor of China Law Blog, on the new rules for foreign direct investment in China.

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Theater, business and wading into the sea
by Peter Micic

The history of his new article two Chinese words that started as Qing dynasty actors slang and became buzzwords of the Chinese business elite.

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by Peter Micic

Further restrictions on foreign cartoons, and horror movies

New rules restricting horror movies and further restricting TV broadcast of foreign cartoons.

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China Businesscast: China’s New Oriental and ETS, a classic IPR case study

A talk with IPR attorney Maya Alexandri on what IPR-related policies foreign companies operating in China should adopt.

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How to start and run a small business in China

The American Chamber of Commerce in Beijing is holding a seminar about small- to medium-sized companies in China: how to start them and run them. The seminar includes practical presentations by 18 entrepreneurs and business people who have real experience … Continue reading →

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About.com launches in China

The launch of the Chinese version of About.com.

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Cinema meets Web 2.0 in Beijing

A post about Ruzuo.com — a service that lets movie lovers get together online to request cinema screenings of their favorite films.

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How many palms do you have to grease to get ahead in business?

From Oriental Outlook magazine (瞭望东方周刊), an eight-month journal of the bribes two entrepreneurs had to give to get their business registered.

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9,468 magazines in China

Here are some numbers about the magazine business from an article on Xinhua’s website: China reports growing number of magazine titles China published 9,468 magazine titles with the relevant publishing generating about 17 billion yuan (2.29 billion U.S. dollars) in … Continue reading →

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Danwei FM: Chinese demand more plastic

Your correspondent had a business textbook in university that illustrated, with neat little box diagrams, the cultural differences in economic behavior between East and West, specifically that Americans buy everything on credit while Asians stow all their money in low … Continue reading →

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