A Columbia University economist known for his extraordinary conclusions -- some right -- evidently knows something everybody else does not. The Chinese yuan is preparing to overtake the US dollar...

I have been getting a wave of bullish sell side reports about how the stimulus program launched late last year is having an unexpectedly good impact on leading indicators in China.

Antony Leung, Chairman of Blackstone Greater China and former Financial Secretary of Hong Kong will speak on the...

A former divisional merchandising manager in charge of Home Depot's hard flooring products was sentenced to 63 months in prison for tax evasion and wire fraud, and ordered to pay $1.1 million in...

地下錢莊 (literally, "underground bank") flourishes wherever Chinese borrowers need cash quickly without having to go through the process of a loan application at a formal bank. They are as...

Some lovely pictures of Taipei and a top level overview, narrated in a drab voiceover -- why don't they ask me to narrate these? By the way, if you've any video you'd like a China-focused audience to see, please let me know. Video attracts a...

Two American law firms, unable to reach the scammer, now basking in sunny climes foreign to this great land, have taken to suing the banks which -- allegedly, I must say in self-protection -- processed the checks. What I find particularly...

Ron Brown, friend of this blog, has authored UNDERSTANDING LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT LAW IN CHINA, published by Cambridge U.P. Continued economic prosperity in China and its international competitive advantage have been due in large part to the labor of...

I've been busy preparing to open a second location for my law practice and have not written much. But let me give you something to read in the meantime: After 11 years of trial, New Taiwan Dollar/RMB exchange, based in bank branches and open to the...

More pie-in-the-sky dreams about a consumer economy in China. Note this paragraph, buried in the article: It remains unclear whether the Chinese have abandoned their traditional caution. "Over the past decade or so, the growth of China's household...