Further to this September, 2008 post, a Tennessee University researcher has been sentenced to four years in prison for violation of the Export Control Act. Doug Jacobson writes about it on his excellent trade law blog, here. The court did not assess...

Knut Pissler, researcher in law at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, and his co-editors, have graciously allowed us the opportunity to make available for download their China Law Bibliography. An excellent tool...

Sony seems to have shipped PCs with new filtering software, with interesting instructions to consumers.

Given our prior posting on dangerous imports and reader reaction, this may be of interest to readers. The Hanoi Market Control Sub-agency has affirmed that China-made clothes contain formaldehyde, a substance which is harmful to human skin, with the...

It appears that cross-border trade between Hong Kong and mainland China may be settled in yuan as early as next month. Note the limitations: The State Council said early in April that it would allow traders in Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai...