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Authors: Maarten Roos & Leo Liu, R&P China Lawyers
This article was written for, and first appeared in the March 2011 issue of China Law & Practice,...
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WITH 1.3 BILLION PEOPLE, CHINA is the most populous state in the world and comprises approximately 20 percent of the total world population. In March ...
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We preliminarily determine that glycine processed by Salvi Chemical Industries Limited (Salvi) and AICO Laboratories India Ltd. (AICO) and exported to the United States from India is circumventing the antidumping duty order on glycine from the People's Republic of China (China), as provided in section 781(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).\1\ With respect to Paras Intermediates Pvt. Ltd. (Paras), we preliminarily find that Paras is not circumventing the Order because it is producing glycine from raw materials of Indian origin and exporting such merchandise to the United States. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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THE U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION HOLDS A HEARING "CHINA'S INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS AND INDIGENOUS INNOVATION POL...
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The modern slavery of persons with disabilities in china - II. Background: china’s disabled community - A. Several Steps Forward: Chinese Government Actions - 1. China’s Disabled Persons’ Federation - 2. The Law of the People’s Republic of China Concerning the Rights of Disabled Persons - 3. Ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities - B. Still Left Behind - III. The medical model of disability - A. The Medical Model in Action: China - 1. Welfare Institutions in China - 2. Treatment and Prevention - B. The Medical Model of Disability Reflected in the Chinese Language - IV. The social model of disability - A. The Need for a Social Model - B. The Social Model of Disability in Action: The United States Martha’s Vineyard - V. Rethinking china...
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U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION FORMUM ENTITLED "CHINA'S INTERNAL DILEMMAS," ROUNDTABLE
FEBRUARY 25, 2011
SPEAKERS: ELIZABET...
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In addition, some Chinese investment comes at a liigh price - last year China invested $9 billion in Congolese infrastructure, and got control of mining deposits in return. Investments in oil and gas fields isn't free China adds control of some of Nigeria's, Cameroon's and Gabon's oil reserve in exchange for their petrochemical companies' significant investment
We've attempted to address the underdevelopment of the African continent with the African Growth and Opportunity Act but many describe that legislation as good but insufficient. We shouldn't necessarily compete with China for influence in Africa, but it would be to our strategic detriment if China were the dominant foreign power on African soil.
The issue of China's African involvement is not likely to come up in conversations wi...
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I am not part of this experiment," my husband says, when I announce that I am going to go 24 hours without using a product marked "Made in China.
I have a history of making personal economic statements. "Holding a grudge" is what my husband calls my refusal to buy Exxon gasoline (because of the Exxon Valdez oil spill) or to enter a Walmart (underselling local merchants, in particular my favorite fabric stores).
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Some African leaders say they pay too high a price for the $10 billion in cheap loans they will get because of this new initiative. They say the pattern of trade is that African raw materials go to China and cheap Chinese finished goods flood Africa. In addition, some Chinese investment comes at a high price - last year China invested $9 billion in Congolese infrastructure, and got control of mining deposits in return. Investments in oil and gas fields isn't free - China adds control of some of Nigeria's, Cameroon's and Gabon's oil reserve in exchange for their petrochemical companies' significant investment.
We've attempted to address the underdevelopment of the African continent with AGOA (the African Growth and Opportunity Act), but many describe that legislation as good but insuffic...
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WASHINGTON - It's become apparent from recent events that America's political, business and scholarly elites have fundamentally misjudged China. Conflicts with China have multiplied.
Consider: the undervalued renminbi and its effect on trade; the breakdown of global warming negotiations in Copenhagen; China's weak support of efforts to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons; its similarly poor record in pushing North Korea to relinquish its tiny atomic arsenal; the sale of U.S. weapons to Taiwan; and Google's threat to leave China rather than condone continued censorship.