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  • How do you set up a business in China?

    China 05.09.2002
    There are various ways a presence in China can be legally established. Some involve a greater commitment of cash than others, and all involve restrictions on what kind of business can be conducted. Click...

  • China - The New Trade Mark Law and Implementing Regulations

    China 04.09.2002
    Background This memo highlights some of the issues based on the following: The Chinese Trade Mark Law, effective since 1st December 2001; The Chinese Trade Mark Implementing Regulation, which took effect...

  • Securities industry in China

    China 04.09.2002
    Stock market A shares and B shares A shares are common shares issued by Chinese companies which are listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange or the Shenzhen Stock Exchange. A shares are denominated and traded...

  • Manufacturing in China

    China 04.09.2002
    China is becoming a global manufacturing centre. A report on the global investment situation in 2001, initiated by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, shows that at present nearly 400...

  • Specific rules for specific industries in China

    China 04.09.2002
    Most Chinese legislation is industry specific, so to understand the regulatory environment, it is necessary to look at the special purpose legislation for your particular industry. Copy and past or click...

  • Company acquisitions : VAT recovery

    United Kingdom 03.09.2002
    In a recent Customs & Excise Business Brief, Customs announced that they do not intend to appeal the recent VAT tribunal decision in Southampton Leisure. This case concerned the extent to which VAT...

  • China's automobile industry

    China 03.09.2002
    Background Plethora of taxes imposed by government on the production and sales of automobiles will ensure prices remain high China currently has an oversized auto industry with around 1400 manufacturers...

  • Chinese Insurance Market

    China 03.09.2002
    The Chinese insurance market is poised to take off. Already, as per data issued by the China Insurance Regulatory Commission (hereinafter the "CIRC"), the government body responsible for insurance regulation...

  • What makes a contract valid?

    China 03.09.2002
    There is some mythology about when a contract is a contract in China. Much of this probably comes from the fact that many Chinese businessmen are energetic negotiators of contracts, and one negotiating...

  • An introduction to the power sector reform programmes in Nigeria, South Africa and Lesotho

    United Kingdom 03.09.2002
    Only recently has Africa begun to undertake the reform of its power sector, after many years of under-investment, typically by state-owned vertically integrated monopolies. The ineffectiveness of these...

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