China Law News

This week the SAIC fined Nu Skin for illegal direct sales, more Snowden documents showed that the NSA has been hacking Huawei, China was called out for manipulating the global supply of rare earths and the irony of SOE privatisation was discussed

An increasing number of judges in Shanghai are quitting every year and replacing them is proving difficult. The government needs to act quickly to maintain the quality of decision making and the faith of litigants

An increasing number of judges in Shanghai are quitting every year and replacing them is proving difficult. The government needs to act quickly to maintain the quality of decision making and the faith of litigants

This week Alibaba officially chose the US for its listing, Twitter CEO Costolo prepared his first trip to Shanghai, Chinese law firms were fined over IPO due diligence and a real estate developer defaulted

This week the CIRC has produced a circular on approval of reinsurance transactions, the CBRC has opened up investment in lease financing companies and customs have introduced new measures for processing goods

Tencent, Alibaba and Baidu are battling to dominate the world's largest internet user base in a contest that highlights the need to clarify the use of variable interest entity structures

Tencent, Alibaba and Baidu are battling to dominate the world's largest internet user base in a contest that highlights the need to clarify the use of variable interest entity structures

SAFE has relaxed the forex registration process for direct investment in the FTZ and issued a draft to ease control over the provision of loan security. Also, non-profit organisations are now welcome to apply for tax exemptions

This week IBM workers protested against the Lenovo deal, the Tencent-Qihoo unfair competition dispute sparked debate, the CBRC launched a private bank programme and the NPC's reform proposals drew criticsm