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Anti-monopoly Regulation

The duality of anti-trust law and Intellectual Property law is complicated and involves balancing competition and innovation. Exclusivity that is created by Intellectual Property in effect stimulates innovation, while anti-trust law secures the work by licensing and applying the...

Hiring Graduates; the Tripartite Agreement

It is that time of year and universities across China will begin assisting graduates with their Tripartite Agreements. What is a Tripartite Agreement? It is an agreement signed by the graduate, the employer and the university prior to...

China Third-party Digital Payment Market

2005 was the first year of the China digital payment’s era. Since then, digital payments in China have experienced a dramatic growth. A variety of payment methods, such as online payment, phone payment and mobile payment have sped up...

Food Labelling & Fair Competition

The wide and important field of food safety law has been recently explored, analysed, studied and explained all over the world. As a matter of fact, this particular branch of legislation is one of the few in which...

The Four Steps in China’s Fight Against Terrorism

On 1st January 2016, as approved by the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of China, the Counter-terrorism Law entered into force, and was greeted with an understandable mix of feelings in China; warmly welcomed on the one...

Disputes in China’s Courier Industry

Despite a slowing economy, China’s express delivery industry grew steadily in 2015, while the year also saw courier services delivering to 70 percent of Chinese towns and villages, Xinhua News Agency reported. Along with the rapid development...

What You Need to Know About Copyright Law in China

The Copyright Law of the People’s Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as the Copyright Law) adopted on 7th September, 1990, was amended for the first time in 2001 and for the second time in 2010. Amendment to...

Simplified Company Registration Procedure; “Three in One” Reform

In October 2015, the Chinese government enacted a series of policies to simplify the business registration process. Previously, all newly established companies, including foreign enterprises (Whofe and JV), were required to obtain three basic licenses, including a business...

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Iranians in China become more Visible than Countable

These things often start, not with a statistic, but with a voice; Persian heard in a lift, a WeChat...

Why Chinese Men Can’t Quit; Smoking, Face and the State

China has 300 million smokers, nearly a third of the world's total. The imbalance between the sexes is stark:...

US Dept of Justice Says Nanjing Firm Hacked NASA, Senate & More

A sharp new cyber case has put a Nanjing company at the centre of a much wider political row....

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