Hong Kong-Mainland China interim relief arrangements boost cooperation On 2nd April 2019, the Hong Kong Government and the Mainland Supreme People’s Court signed the landmark Arrangement Concerning Mutual Assistance in Court-ordered Interim Measures in Aid of Arbitral Proceedings (Arrangement). This will allow...
A murky past but a hopeful future? While the label ‘copycat China’ is no longer as applicable as it once was, the long history of infringing trademarks, and the current issues that arise today surrounding intellectual property means this moniker still...
The Nanjing government will officially implement the "mandatory classification" of domestic garbage starting from November 1st, 2020 onwards. In April of this year, Nanjing selected 64 communities and 101 units to carry out the waste classification pilot scheme. Looking back to the beginning of Shanghai's mandatory garbage...
During the hot summer season in China, outdoor workers are exposed to significant risks in regard to health & safety, which raise general public concern as well as further considerations as unfortunately, heat strokes or even accidental death are not infrequent for those who are engaged in outdoor labor and services. Therefore...
It's clear that one of China’s major priorities is technology innovation, as the PRC is a world leader in quantum research, challenging the USA in the race to develop quantum computers, as well as creating its own successful space program. In recent years, a handful of Chinese companies have emerged as global innovators and have...
WeChat has a large number of active users; communication channels and payment channels and the use of WeChat mini programs also provides more convenience for WeChat users. The COVID-19 outbreak has been affecting most physical stores in China in recent months so much so that the sales of stores from even major brand have declined sha...
On occasion of the upcoming Annual Session of the National People’s Congress, a complete Draft of the first Civil Code of the People’s Republic of China is expected to be finally submitted for deliberation, concluding an ambitious project that started in 2012, but has a much longer history behind it. In fact, this great work, ...
It is reported that on 28th October, LVMH Group is intended to have acquired high-end U.S. jeweler——Tiffany, at a price of 145 billion USD cash (approximately 1023.5 billion RMB in total) with forms of agreement in order to further expand into the American market. Impacted by such a transaction, Tiffany’s stock price has risen ...
Character is relevant in Law as it portraits the collective qualities, especially mental and moral, that distinguishes a person. The general rule is that the evidence of character is inadmissible, since it is very difficult to assess the character of a person. Most people associate character with moral qualities but character also...
Many trainers dream about starting their own gym one day, but have no experience in running a business and don’t even know how to make the first step. Building your own company is a challenge and there is a long list of gyms that fail within the first year of opening. Even if some people follow the No Pain No Gain mantra, obstacles...
