This article reveals evidence-based details of the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC) arbitral proceedings (1990-2000), allowing unprecedented insights into Chinese international business arbitration. It begins by confirming the prominence of Chinese foreign...

This paper examines the investment terms of SWFs in respect of control rights in investee firms. Having reviewed extensive evidence from the China Investment Corporation from 2007 to 2015, I show that this SWF takes significant equity in investees, but often in the form of non-controlling...

In recent years, the increasing cross-border investments by sovereign wealth funds have aroused high profile controversies, particularly over the strategic motives behind them and the potential control they could exert over target firms. Using a hand-collected dataset consisting of 51 M&As, 5...

Increasing cross-border commercial exchanges and foreign investments have caused arbitration to become more frequently selected as a dispute resolution option in China. In response to this growing demand, China has taken significant steps to improve its arbitration system. Nevertheless,...

China has in the last decade and especially since its entry into the WTO made considerable efforts to improve its judicial system, perfectly aware of the necessity to provide a stable framework for foreign investment and economic growth. An important part of this reform is the development of...

With China a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Congress faces the challenge of determining what can take the place of its former "annual Most Favored Nation (MFN)" review. This review opened Congress as a forum for the American debate regarding its treatment of China, giving Congress...

This paper explores whether the patent law and intellectual property rights (IPR) system have resulted in innovation in China during the reform period. It appears that the patent laws have produced a stock of patents, where the success rates of patent applications are fairly uniform across the...