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My business is already in China, but I want to expand it from its current base in Shanghai through franchising.

Copyright infringement cases against Apple and Baidu have highlighted the increasing threat internet service providers are facing, but as Fang Qi points out, the damages awarded are often too high because courts do not consider market value

The Big Four accounting firms have ignored requests to submit auditing papers to the US Securities and Exchange Commission because it violates Chinese law, but as Paul Gillis points out, China will lose out unless a compromise is found

For the first time, draft Regulations on service inventions have given a procedural framework for defining and reporting inventions, but they are hampered by a lack of clarity

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State Council reinforces previous real property policies.

The imminent launch of the gold ETF.

Negative personal credit information may be kept only for five years after the end of the negative event.

SAFE raises the short-term foreign debt quotas of banks.