When working with Chinese manufacturers or other counterparties, foreign companies often ask our China business lawyers whether they can amend an existing contract instead of signing a new one. On paper, an... Read more »

This week, a report at IT Home described recent corporate initiatives in the fight to promote “positive energy” and suppress “malicious” negativity online. (As China Media Project explains, “’Positive energy’ has been... Read more »

Nexperia, the EU-based automotive chipmaker at the centre of a geopolitical dispute, has suspended supplies to its Chinese factory, stepping up a trade war that threatens to halt production at carmakers around... Read more »

The Canadian prime minister, Mark Carney, has warned that the era of free trade and investment that formed the foundations of the postwar global economy has ended. In a stark message to... Read more »

🔥 This is premium content and also appeared in the Weibo Watch newsletter. Subscribe to stay in the loop. On the evening of October 12, while the Netherlands vs. Finland World Cup... Read more »

The US has backed down in its tariff war with China. Thanks to Donald Trump’s egotistical diplomacy, rare earths can again flow one way, soya beans the other, and less of the... Read more »

On October 22, a car ploughed into a group of primary school children in the city of Shiyan in central China’s Hubei province, leaving one dead and four injured. The tragedy outside... Read more »

The following translations are from a series of posts on WeChat public account 育知录 Yuzhilu—a reference to a quotation from the Great Learning, one of Confucianism’s “Four Books”: 育人先育己，知世先知人 Yù rén xiān... Read more »

Trump says rare earths issue settled Trump also said the rare earths issue has been settled and there would be no more roadblocks on them. Speaking aboard Air Force One, the US... Read more »