Southern Perspective Shenzhen

Hong Kong is no stranger to Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR). The Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre handled 280 cases in 2004 up to 602 cases in 2008. When foreign investors in Asia have disputes, they prefer to have a neutral “third place” for them to be settled. Hong Kong has been claimed as [...]

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Anyone that has looked into buying real estate in China knows that the pricing can fluctuate wildly.
In my Chinese home town of Shenzhen, this is true like no other city.
Prices for real estate in Shenzhen have risen steadily since I arrived here over five years ago.
While prices for flats in Shenzhen are still not so [...]

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We all know the Chinese love to save their money, it’s almost the national sport.
No wonder Shenzhen has all the money in the world and won’t pay for a decent football team.
So why are international financial service companies’ not making record profits in China?
The Chinese securities market is very different from western securities markets, learning [...]

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It is not just China getting slammed with duties, Brazil and Armenia are on the list as well.
It was decide last week that a five year duty of 30% will be placed on the countries.
On the same day, they “slapped”  39.2% duty on steel seamless pipe  from China as well.

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I play basketball with a group of foreigners in Shenzhen every week; we have been getting together for several years.
In a city like Shenzhen, people come and go quite often and it is nice to have a group of people from different walks of life that can get together.
Our group contains Americans, Canadians, Japanese, Chinese, [...]

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Another great point from David Dayton over at the Silk Road Blog on why he would want to work with a supplier that told him no.
In his latest post, Over-Promise, Under-Deliver and the realities of the Chinese Market, David makes the point that
“Chinese suppliers are infamous for never saying no, believing that if there is money [...]

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Two months ago I talked a little about a new online database that can help you investigate companies within China that have a record in the court system. You can find that here. What this record details is the company’s delinquency on a judgment from a court. For example, company A was ordered by the [...]

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Last week I posted a small article to emphasize the importance of Labor contracts and conditions. Whether you are an employer or employee, it is important to understand how to protect your interests. This week I will post a series of labor cases to show how they came out and where people went wrong. Here [...]

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In this economy, China is very aware of people losing their job and not being happy.  If you are employer of people here in China, play by the rules and make sure your administration department has all their paper work in line . Here is a titbit of the article.

Employers almost certain to lose at [...]

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When I first came here,  Hong Kong was a far off land that I skip to on weekends.  Anymore, I enjoy lying low in Shenzhen but every year the line between Hong Kong and Shenzhen blurs more and more.

Shenzhen Continues to Boost Ties with Hong Kong
(2009-06-25)
by: ISinolaw(news)
Wang Rong, Acting Mayor of South China’s Shenzhen City, [...]

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