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Rich Kuslan is an attorney, writer, presenter, intereviewer. A mandarin speaker with native fluency (and a strong Taiwanese accent, by choice), he brings to AsiaBizBlog a deep-seated interest of 30 years and (he hopes) penetrating insight into Chinese life, ideas and history. Once fluent (now quite rusty) in Japanese, he once lived and worked in Tokyo and Osaka, in addition to tours of China and Taiwan, beginning in the early 1980s. A more extensive profile may be found here.-
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Monthly Archives: April 2009
Guest Post: Victor Shih on the Chinese Stimulus Package: “What did 5 Trillion RMB Buy?”
[Today's post comes to us, with our thanks, from Victor Shih, Assistant Professor of Politics at Northwestern University in the U.S., and blogger at Elite Chinese Politics and Political Economy. Victor is the author of the very fine, Factions and … Continue reading
Posted in Banking and Finance, China After the Meltdown, Investment
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Another Attorney Scam — Referral From Non-Existent US Attorney to Sweeten the Pot?
A twist! Here’s another attorney scam email I just received, referred from my Chinese language law site, after a brief Skype chat conversation in Chinese with a purported potential client in (or so he/she said) Chongqing: Dear Counsel, I am … Continue reading
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EVENT: CEO of Blackstone Greater China in New York
Event: China and Hong Kong: Post Financial Tsunami, CEO Forum and Lunch Topic: Antony Leung, Chairman of Blackstone Greater China and former Financial Secretary of Hong Kong will speak on the financial and economic future of China and Hong Kong. … Continue reading
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Sundry Notes on the Chinese Judiciary
Judicial independence — that is, making the judiciary an independent decision-making body — has been a topic for muted discussion in China for over a decade, at least in academic circles. [For more on the ways in which the Chinese … Continue reading
Posted in Legal
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Counterfeit Check in Attorney E-mail Scam Looks Persuasive
Having never seen one before, and thinking readers have not as well, I was delighted when a fellow attorney showed me a counterfeit check used in an attempt to deceive a law firm in an attorney e-mail scam. Gracious thanks … Continue reading
Home Depot Buyer Convicted in International Kick Back Scheme — and What an Old Scheme It Is!
A former divisional merchandising manager in charge of Home Depot’s hard flooring products was sentenced to 63 months in prison for tax evasion and wire fraud, and ordered to pay $1.1 million in restitution to Home Depot. You can read … Continue reading
Posted in Imports and Exports, Legal, Management
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