The European Union Chamber of Commerce in China has found a litany of issues that obstruct European businesses in China, including weak IPR protection, opaque legislation and restrictive certification procedures..    more »

China's plan to install internet filtering software on PCs has attracted a huge amount of attention. Now it appears, the software may not even be Made in China but a ripoff of a western commercial product...   more »

Western company sues Chinese firm for trademark infringement and loses.Yawns all round. Chinese firm sues western company for copyright infringement-- and wins. Now, that's a story...   more »

It has been a while since we ran a Chinese copycat car story, so step forward Geely with the Geely GE, a carbon copy of a Rolls-Royce Phantom, the favoued runabout of British aristocracy and oil sheiks...    more »

Western brand-owners know only too well the headaches of doing business in China where enforcement of intellectual property rights often leaves much to be desired. China's own multinationals are now hitting similar problems when they expand overseas. Touché, as they say.    more »

A case of poacher turned gamekeeper perhaps. China's largest copyright trade centre opened in Beijing today, in a bid to attract -- legitimate -- trade in music, software and other intellectual property...   more »

Danone's increasingly bitter dispute with its Chinese partner, Wahaha, is likely to have an "unfavourable impact" on future sales of the French food group. In an ideal world, the two companies would have gone their separate ways long ago. But Danone wants to continue selling water under the market-leading Wahaha brand and it needs Wahaha's sales and distribution network in China...   more »

French food giant Danone has had a shipment of Evian mineral water seized by Chinese customs officials who found excessive levels of bacteria. It is hard not to see this as a retaliatory move following the recent outcry in the west about adulterated food and drugs exported from China...   more »

Another strange-looking car that you will only see on the roads of China. Actually, the Great Wall Coolbear bears more than a passing resemblance to the equally strange-looking Scion xB, which you will only see on the roads of the US. Imitation, as they say, is the sincerest form of flattery...   more »

Symantec, the US security software firm, has incurred the wrath of Chinese businesses by releasing a flawed software update has caused their PCs to stop working. The Chinese businesses are seeking damages and have apparently learnt quickly from lawsuit-mad US. If only it was so easy for western customers to sue Chinese vendors...   more »