Submitted by chaner on September 14, 2010 - 08:30

Submitted by Cherry Ho on September 14, 2010 - 00:00

Not sure why, but my firm has done more business shutting down WFOEs (a/k/a WOFEs) over the last three months than in any other 12 month (not three month) period. We also have been getting a whole slew of questions regarding the logistics in shutting down China operations. I know the recession has something to do with this increase, but why did it not pick up its full force until around three months ago?
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Received a very nice email this morning from Keith, a Birmingham, Alabama 3L with a quite good blog called An Associate's Mind. Keith was writing to pass on a blog post on China supply chain problems.
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The Dragon Business Network Blog did a post, entitled, "7 Tips for Business Travel to China." Believing both that one was missing and that eight is a lucky number, I added one more.  

Here are the original seven:
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Excellent post by Rich Brubaker of the All Roads Lead to China blog on his discussion with Neal Beatty entitled, "Identifying, Measuring, and Taking Action on the Risks of China." It is the kind of post every company doing business in or even with China should read.  

The post sets out an amazingly comprehensive (yet blissfully concise) list of risks businesses face in China:
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As China pushes ahead with its ambitious nuclear programme, public safety fears are growing. Education, open information and citizen engagement are all essential for improving trust, writes Meng Dengke.

Zhou Shirong is deputy director of nuclear safety at China’s environmental protection ministry. Here, he talks to Cao Haidong and Meng Dengke about managing construction standards – and public anxiety.

This article was originally published by Southern Weekend on July 1, 2010.
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A project to flush sediment from the Yellow River has been hailed as a technological and environmental triumph. But, writes Meng Si, local communities are at risk.

Far from the Gulf of Mexico, environmental campaigners are accusing energy companies of destroying land and livelihoods in the search for increasingly scarce resources. Richard Wachman and Jon Stibbs report.

The eyes of the world are on BP after the April disaster that left massive amounts of oil spewing into the Gulf of Mexico. But campaigners accuse Big Oil of an appalling track record elsewhere in the world, saying it leaves a trail of devastation in its wake.
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