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If you are going to have someone work for you in China, you should hire them as an employee of an existing China company, such as a WFOE. China pretty much does not have independent contractors and so someone who works for you is probably your employee and you want that relationship to be legal.

"We asked them to manufacture it. They did that, but after half a year very proudly they came back to us and showed us their own product, which they intended to sell in Germany.

David Wolf cobbles together a tight Top 10er of why the luxury segment continues to benefit from robust sales in the PRC along with some savvy advice to marketers who seek to advertise to this surging consumer segment.

Keep your eye on the Silicon Hutong in the coming days as Wolf slowly makes his way through his growing luxury book stack. Expect more posts on this topic soon.

Kidnapping and detainment we've had in the past few weeks, this one if hostage taking. Again, the US embassy is reported to do little to assist it's citizens. Some sound advice from China Law Blog about, if you're going to really really really upset someone, do it from outside the country.