Asiabizblog - Business and Law for China and Asia

"The Web's first China business blog."

Author: Rich Kuslan writes about Asian business and law, with a special focus on China. His writing seeks to interpret 25 years of experience working with, buying from and selling to, as well as managing, Chinese, Taiwanese, Japanese and American businesses. Rich is a practicing attorney licensed in New York and Connecticut.

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Recent Posts from Asiabizblog - Business and Law for China and Asia

Another Attorney Scam -- India, China, Japan, This One's Got It All
As we in the U.S. find ourselves inching ever closer to the nationalization of private banks -- despite Treasury denials -- let's take a break in the turmoil for some humor and at least an…
More Chinese-Style Financial Steps Planned for American Banking System?
The Fed has discussed a plan to take ownership stakes in American banks, even healthy ones "It is the policy of the federal government to use all resources at its disposal to make our financial…
ABA Hiring for the Rule of Law Initiative, China Program
The American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative China Program is currently hiring for the following positions (click each link for a job spec): - Deputy Country Director - Program Officer - Staff Translator/Interpreter These…
Fed to Set Up Special Purpose Vehicle to Purchase Bad Debt
Just over the wire: the Fed will set up an SPV (special-purpose vehicle) to purchase bad commercial paper directly from banks and non-banks. Echoes of the Chinese experience... An extraordinary step, which appears to be…
IRS Allows Multinationals to Borrow Larger Sums of Cash from Overseas Subsidiaries
As a further response to the credit crisis (crash?), the American Internal Revenue Service issued a temporary guidance last Friday allowing multinationals to borrow cash from overseas subsidiaries for as long as 60 days, three…
North Korea on Google Earth
These brilliant Google Earth maps of North Korea [download here] are unsurpassed by anything I've seen made available to the public. You can't bring one in with you on a laptop, but you can surely…
US Requirement of Cervical Cancer Vaccination for Immigrants Stirs Up Backlash
Part of my law practice includes immigration, primarily for Chinese. The incidence of cervical cancer among Chinese women, according to a recent study, is relatively low in comparison to world statistics, but is, nevertheless, the…
UPDATE: Chinese Regulators Give Green Light to Borrow from Foreign Banks
Further to this Asiabizblog post, WSJ reports: Chinese regulators said the finances of foreign banks in the country are sound, a message that appeared aimed at reassuring local banks that have been reluctant to lend…
Yet Another Email Scam Targeting Lawyers: A Different China Twist
The so-called Nigerian scam turned its attention to attorneys, as we reported in prior posts, at that time purportedly emanating from Hong Kong. Already, in the past year, several attorneys, in California and Georgia, are…
AIG Turns to Asia-interest Blogs In Media Relations Program
I wasn't quite sure how to handle this one. Incredulous that a friendly AIG media relations exec would even send it my way. (If they haven't gotten this out in Chinese, Malay, Thai, etc., they…