Foreign companies that are looking to China to shore up wilting global sales have been hit by higher payroll taxes, surcharges to subsidize unions and other changes that are making conditions tougher just as economic growth slows.
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Wednesday, 7 December 2011
Sham-pagne! Château Lafite counterfeit scheme uncovered
The latest case in China's neverending piracy story involves wine bootleggers vending locally-refined (or in this case, maybe "unrefined") wine under the imported Château Lafite Rothschild labels.
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Tuesday, 6 December 2011
Chinese court rejects Apple lawsuit over iPad name
The Intermediate People's Court in the southern boomtown of Shenzhen rejected Apple's lawsuit against Proview Technology (Shenzhen). Proview, it said, lawfully registered the iPad trademark as long ago as 2000 for products in a number of countries including China, the Southern Metropolis Daily newspaper reported, citing court documents.
It's about time Apple get sued for stealing IP.
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It's about time Apple get sued for stealing IP.
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Shell Strikes Shale Gas in China
Royal Dutch Shell has found shale gas in China, a development that could cap imports in a market natural gas producers are hoping will drive demand.
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16,000 Holocaust victims to get German pensions
This is a big difference between the Germans and the little Japs. That's why victims of Germans are willing to forgive. But the victims of the little Japs would never forgive and forget.
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Monday, 5 December 2011
Chinese city poised to introduce country's first Good Samaritan rules
Shenzhen publishes draft regulations to encourage people to come to each other's aid in the wake of the death of a two-year-old girl
Changing legal representatives not easy, say observers
Observers are questioning the effectiveness of a Singapore Exchange (SGX) directive to China firms listed here over the position of legal representatives, who play a powerful role in mainland firms.
Town plans to revive tax that provoked riots
Manufacturers in the country’s hub for children’s clothes fear the levy will cripple their operations
Jim Rogers: Faber's Wrong About China
Jim Rogers thinks Marc Faber has got it wrong about China, when he says the country is possibly headed for a hard landing, which would lead to a devastating impact on commodities around the world.
China Hard Landing Possible; Impact ‘Devastating’: Faber
A hard landing for China will have a major negative impact on global commodities and risk currencies, says Marc Faber, the editor of The Gloom, Boom & Doom report, who adds that he is more worried about a Chinese economic downturn than a recession in Europe.
China to Prepare for Social Unrest
Beijing has underlined its concern that an economic slowdown could lead to social unrest in China, with the country’s security chief urging local officials to do more to prepare for the “negative effects of the market economy”.
Romney’s dangerous anti-China rhetoric
Accusing Beijing of manipulating its currency and stealing US jobs is not based on any sound economic policy and everything to do with electoral politics
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