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By Morgan Crank March 2, 2010 Government policy resuming restrictions on local real estate purchases by foreigners is not expected to hurt premium property sales, many in the real estate market contend. The government has chosen to reinstate its limitation on foreigners purchasing local real estate in China, after it had temporarily suspended the measure …

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Edward Lehman of Lehman, Lee, and Xu has been named one of the best Trademark lawyers in China by the International Legal Who’s Who 2010. This award accompanies Mr. Lehman’s award from the same publication as one of China’s best Franchise lawyers. Lehman, Lee & Xu is a prominent Chinese corporate law firm and trademark …

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Alexander Pan, March 2, 2010 Beijing, China China sent a clear message to the world community last week that it will not put a fixed cap on its green house gas emissions. Indicating that while China will do what it can to significantly reduce its environmental impact, it will continue to prioritize economic growth over …

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By Morgan Crank March 2, 2010 China’s rural population may decrease by over 50% over the next three decades due to rising urbanization, dropping to 400 million people from the current 900 million. A large portion of these people are migrant workers who are moving into cities, but are not permanent residents. In fact, one …

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The Supreme People’s Court and the Supreme People’s Procuratorate have jointly issued the Judicial Interpretation (II)[1] 1 to further clarify the issues concerning the application of laws for handling criminal cases related to making, reproducing, publishing, selling and broadcasting obscene electronic information via the internet, mobile communications terminals and information service centres as well as …

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Issued By: State Intellectual Property Office Issue Date: 29 September 2009 Effective Date: 29 September 2009 For the purpose of effectively enforcing the amended Patent Law, the SIPO published the Notice concerning the Enforcement of the Amended Patent Law on 29 September to clarify submission of patent applications and the rules governing other patent issues. …

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Global trend setting or introverted nationalism? This is the debate raging over the Chinese WAPI system, a substitute for Wi-Fi which is currently prohibited for use in Chinese cellular devices. Promoted by the government, the WAPI system is alleged to plug gaps in security and protect wireless internet users. This issue hit the spotlight as …

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Edward E. Lehman, Managing Director of Chinese law firm Lehman, Lee & Xu, is scheduled to participate in a webinar discussing patent protection in China on April 28, 2010. Other confirmed attendees include Alex W. Zhang of King and Wood and Elizabeth Chien-Hale of Institute for Intellectual Property in Asia. Mr. Lehman is planning on …

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Alexander Pan, February 25, 2010 Beijing, China Competition for a spot in one of China’s most prestigious universities has always been fierce. However, with the emergence of elite private elementary schools and kindergartens, Chinese children are becoming indoctrinated in this spirit of academic competition from day one. The intense competition for admission to the nation’s …

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The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) recently promulgated the Administrative Measures for Communications Network Security Protection to be effective as of 1 March 2010. The Measures provide that communications network operation units shall, in accordance with the requirements of the telecom authorities and standards of communications industry, carry out the work related to …

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