China Trademark Registration for Foreign Brands: Filing and Responding to Squatting
File around the brand actually used in China, then monitor and preserve evidence. Current remedies must be separated from the law taking effect in 2027.
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Opening a Bank Account for a China Entity: Documents, KYC and First Payments
Plan the account, authority and first payment together. This guide separates national account rules from bank-specific document and identity checks.
Hiring Your First Employee in China: A Guide for Foreign Companies
What foreign companies must do to hire their first employee in China legally: the mandatory written contract, probation limits, social insurance, and the five costly mistakes to avoid.
Personal Injury Claims in China’s Home-Services and Home-Renovation Industries
How Chinese law allocates liability for personal injury in home-services and home-renovation work — employment, individual labor, and contracting regimes, recoverable damages, and how to secure recovery.
Being Sued in China: A Foreign Defendant’s Guide
A lawsuit in a Chinese court runs on fixed deadlines that begin at service, not awareness. How a foreign defendant should read the timeline, challenge jurisdiction, preserve foreign evidence, and avoid an unenforceable default.
Social Insurance Compliance in China: The Hidden Liability That Can Sink Your Subsidiary
Social insurance waivers are invalid. After lawful back-payment, recovery of social insurance compensation may be supported under the conditions in the 2025 judicial interpretation.
Private Lending in China: How to Prove and Enforce a Loan to a Chinese Borrower
Private loan recovery in China depends on the debt relationship, delivery, admissible evidence, interest rules, limitation and assets—not a fixed document checklist.
WeChat Messages as Evidence in Chinese Courts: What Actually Holds Up
WeChat evidence in Chinese courts: originals and screenshots, account identity, context, notarization and timestamps, with practical preservation steps.
Beyond the NDA: Protecting Trade Secrets in China’s Manufacturing Economy
Protect designs shared with a Chinese factory: distinguish commercial NDAs, employee penalties, non-compete compensation and downstream disclosure responsibility.
How to Set Up a WFOE in China: A Practical Guide for Foreign Companies
A practical, step-by-step guide to setting up a Wholly Foreign-Owned Enterprise (WFOE) in China — when it's the right vehicle, the registration process, and the five pitfalls foreign founders underestimate.