http://chntxlaw.com Serving your business and legal interests in China Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:44:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Y'all know that Chinatex is from Texas.  Right down near the border in San Antone.  Well, in Texas we like dogs and we have dogs everywhere.  In fact, dogs are mans' best friend.  I don't really agree with that one, but, i did have an old hound dog named Snoopy ... http://chntxlaw.com/2010/02/tastes-like-chicken/ Part of the fun of living and working here in this huge concrete jungle is that Old Chinatex gets to be a part of a lot of really cool stuff.  It seems that every week and possibly every day, there is something new to participate in, not just as a ... http://chntxlaw.com/2010/01/entrepreneur-of-the-year/ I know this is supposed to be a legal blog and you might come to this site looking for intelligent legal dissertation, up to date changes in the dynamic Chinese legal system or some free advice, and while i do that when it's real important, this is more fun.  So, ... http://chntxlaw.com/2009/11/lunch/ Of course i know i spelled it incorrectly, but the first time i spelled it i didn't even know that it was spelled badminton.  Doesn't make much sense as in Texas we always called it "badmitten".  In fact we only played this game once every few years at family reunions ... http://chntxlaw.com/2009/11/badmitten/ In the country known for overt violations of intellectual property and where copying is not really considered unethical or taboo, it seems that the shoe of Intellectual Property is now on the other foot. The Chinese government has made a formal complaint on behalf of its writers and authors to ... http://chntxlaw.com/2009/10/the-shoe-is-on-the-google-foot/ In March of this year, the IRS came up with a program similar to the guns for cash program popular in many U.S. states. This time, instead of turning in an old rusty handgun or rifle - for cash (mind you we didn't have this program in Texas), individual ... http://chntxlaw.com/2009/10/tax-amnesty-scheme/ We have a phrase in Texas, something about the difference between a steer and a cow, I don't remember how it goes, but it's kind of like the British one - Pennywise and Pound Foolish.  This can be used to describe those who try to save a few dollars (used ... http://chntxlaw.com/2009/09/you-get-what-you-pay-for/ Y'all might have read about the town in Hunan province where it was recently discovered that at least one factory had been polluting the ground, water and air so badly that people were actually dying as a direct result of the pollution.  As China continues to develop and evolve there ... http://chntxlaw.com/2009/08/did-you-say-occupational-safety/ It's been a slow and steamy summer here in the Pearl River Delta.  Anytime I think of Delta's: Mississippi, Me Kong, Delta Dawn, I think of humidity and other things.  It's been all of those here recently but it hasn't slowed down the pace of business or life in Southern ... http://chntxlaw.com/2009/08/chinese-court-et-al/ Old Chinatex had a convertible once.  It was a Jeep CJ-7 and I used to ride around without a top and I thought i was cool.  So I'm not sure about this article about the Yuan (Chinese money) being a convertible, but, I remember telling y'all that this was coming ... http://chntxlaw.com/2009/06/convertible-yuan/