Sinopsis: Huawei’s Lawfare by Proxy
The following article has been reposted from Project Sinopsis, with permission: Lawfare by proxy:...
by Sophie Beach | Feb 12, 2019
The following article has been reposted from Project Sinopsis, with permission: Lawfare by proxy:...
by Sophie Beach | Feb 23, 2018
In 2013, Peter Humphrey and his wife Yu Yingzeng, fraud investigators who ran the ChinaWhys firm,...
by Samuel Wade | Dec 15, 2017
At Wired, Mara Hvistendahl explores the history and still unclear future of China’s nascent...
by anminda | May 25, 2017
Over the last two years, the Chinese government has allowed private companies and city-level...
by anminda | Mar 23, 2017
Ranking Digital Rights (RDR) reviews the world’s biggest Internet and telecommunications companies...
by Cindy | Apr 25, 2014
Jack Ma, the founder of Alibaba Group, is creating “one of Asia’s largest philanthropic...
by Scott Greene | Dec 27, 2012
Keith Bradsher and Charles Duhigg of The New York Times report that electronics companies such as Apple, which came under heavy criticism earlier this year for the working conditions on its Chinese assembly lines, have changed...
by Samuel Wade | Oct 26, 2012
The Atlantic’s James Fallows spoke recently to legal activist Chen Guangcheng, currently living in New York after his dramatic escape from house arrest in April. Chen explained his views on the deterioration of rule of law...
by Sophie Beach | May 22, 2012
Fast Company Magazine recently named Chinese environmental activist Ma Jun to the #1 spot on their list of the 100 Most Creative People in Business. Christina Larson profiles him for the magazine: An environmental researcher by...
by Sophie Beach | May 1, 2012
High-level corruption is in the news with the recent downfall of former Chongqing Party chief Bo Xilai. But bribery on a much smaller scale is sometimes part of the risk of doing business in China. As part of an effort to stamp...
by Samuel Wade | Mar 26, 2012
Apple CEO Tim Cook has met with government officials and representatives of the titanic but iPhoneless China Mobile in Beijing, according to The Wall Street Journal: A spokeswoman said Mr. Cook— who is on his first trip to China...
by Sophie Beach | Mar 22, 2012
Mother Jones has published a lengthy investigative report on Wal-Mart’s controversial and ambitious policies promoting sustainability, which finds that the auditing process in the corporation’s Chinese factories is...
by Samuel Wade | Jan 16, 2012
Apple has released its latest Supplier Responsibility report, which shows an 80% drop in underage labour and signs of a new and long-awaited transparency. The company also published a nearly comprehensive list of suppliers for...
by Sophie Beach | Sep 6, 2011
Chinese oil company CNOOC has watched its share price fall following a growing controversy over an oil spill in the Bohai Gulf. From the Los Angeles Times blog: Shares were down 2.1% in midday trading in Hong Kong after falling...
by Samuel Wade | Sep 5, 2011
Apple’s response to a recent report by Chinese environmental NGOs, in which it came under heavy fire for pollution from suppliers, has been characteristically vague and evasive, but the company has also shown some signs of...
by samuel wade | Aug 31, 2011
In January, a group of Chinese environmental NGOs including Friends of Nature and IPE ranked Apple last out of 29 tech companies in terms of environmental transparency. While the company’s own audits have revealed a number...
by Samuel Wade | Aug 29, 2011
Corporate responsibility organisation Sacom has accused a Shenzhen toy factory, whose customers include Disney, Mattel and Walmart, of labour abuses such as forced, excessive overtime and employment of underage workers. It also...
by Samuel Wade | Aug 2, 2011
Foreign Policy’s Christina Larson suggests that while Apple is enjoying great success in China, its behaviour has been more Chinese Communist Party than Dalai Lama: About three years ago, … Cupertino rolled up its...