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The Mongolian Properties Company recently released an excellent report about housing in Mongolia. This report is entitled, “Mongolian Properties Real Estate Report 2103” and it can be found at, http://apipcorp.com/Real_Estate_Report_Book_small.pdf. This 141 page report is filled with information that anyone wanting to know more about the subject will find it to be highly informative. The …

Excellent Report About Mongolian Housing Market and Ulaanbaatar Read More »

The news media in China and the world have been replete lately with “horror” stories about the toxicity of the air pollution/smog that has beset Beijing and other parts of China. While the levels of pollution in the air have been chronically, dangerously high in many Chinese cities in the past, the situation continues to …

China Leading the Way to Cleaner Energy Development with Thorium Read More »

Hollywood movies do big business in China. However, the movie you see in a Chinese theatre may not be exactly the same movie that Hollywood produced. It seems that Hollywood is willing to do what it needs to in order to get their movies onto Chinese theatre screens, or so it was reported on the …

Seen a Good Movie Lately? Read More »

By some reports Mongolia has one of the fastest growing economies in the world. It has tremendous natural resources in the form of copper, gold, coal and more. Mining companies from all over the world have been jockeying for a place at the natural resource rich table that is Mongolia. However, with so much going …

Mongolian Mining Law Changes and Foreign Direct Investments Read More »

Very recently the U.S. Chamber of Commerce published an 80 page report about FDI in China. The report is entitled: “China’s Approval Process for Inbound Foreign Direct Investment. Impact on Market Access National Treatment and Transparency.” The Report can be found at: http://www.uschamber.com/sites/default/files/international/asia/china/files/1210_Chinainbound_inside.pdf?goback=%2Egde_2533354_member_201211722 This Report is a follow up to a 44 page report issued …

CHINA’S APPROVAL PROCESS FOR INBOUND FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT Read More »

The Standardization Administration of China (SAC), the standards organization governed by the State Council, has released the Regulatory Measures on National Standards Involving Patents (Interim) last month to seek comments from the public. Below contents are the detailed articles. Regulatory Measures on National Standards Involving Patents (Interim) (Draft for Public Comments) I General Principles 1 …

LLX News- The Draft Regulatory Measures on National Standards Involving Patents Read More »

When I think about China and precious metals I primarily associate China with gold. I have read many articles written about China’s ongoing huge appetite for gold. I have written a couple of such articles myself. However, it now appears that all that glitters in China is not just gold. It is silver as well. …

China’s Silver Lining Read More »

For those of you who missed it, “Newsweek” magazine published a very interesting article written by Oliver Steeds entitled, “The Hidden Grave of History’s Greatest Warrior” in the December 10, 2012 edition of the magazine. You can read the article on-line at: http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2012/12/02/the-hidden-grave-of-history-s-greatest-warrior.html. The article is about the hunt for the tomb of Genghis Khan. …

Caveat Emptor and Genghis Khan Read More »

On April 29, 2012, Reuters posted an article written by Jason Stubler entitled, “For Businesses in China, a Minefield of Bribery Risks”, (www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/30). In his article Mr. Stubler writes: “Foreign companies doing business in China must navigate a business culture in which bribery is rife, finding ways to remove obstacles to expanding in the world’s …

Bribery in China Read More »

China’s Ministry of Justice is opening the door for foreign lawyers and law firms to join the Shanghai Bar Association. In an inauguration ceremony in July 2012, the Shanghai Bar Association granted approval on 216 lawyers, who are working in the shanghai offices of international law firms, the legal department of well-know foreign invested enterprises …

China’s Ministry of Justice has begun inviting foreign lawyers and law firms to join the Shanghai Bar Association Read More »