While this is not an unreasonably short standard compared to similar laws in New York or Germany, my research on administrative litigation in China (based on 178 interviews) suggests that this simple limitation derails more cases against
the Chinese state than any other factor.
Not exact matches
Since then, it's been more timid
than the two
other Chinese state - owned oil companies, Sinopec and China National Petroleum Corp. (parent company of PetroChina) investing in North America.
The effect of the China tariffs would be larger and more concentrated
than the steel and aluminum measures and would have a bigger impact on United
States consumers, who are heavy purchasers of electronics, clothing and
other Chinese imports.
Chinese companies have raised more money in U.S. stock markets in the past decade
than companies from any
other country except the United
States itself.
Chinese state media reported that a 2006 study by local authorities showed levels of radioactive thorium in soil near the lake were 36 times higher
than other areas of Baotou.
The
Chinese are also attempting to mimic the U.S. in allowing companies
other than the
state - owned oil giants to begin exploring for shale gas, legally designating the resource as one that can be independently mined.
On the
other hand, trade - related deaths resulted in the opposite imbalance: The consumption of
Chinese - made goods in Western Europe and the United
States likely caused more
than 108,600 premature deaths in China.
[Nov. 18, 11:37 p.m. Updated Vaclav Smil, the Canadian resource and risk analyst, has written a potent critique of Obama's move, noting, among
other things, «If there would be no oil - sand oil produced in Alberta to feed the XL pipeline and then refined in the United
States and the products burned in American vehicles, then the
Chinese would generate an additional mass of CO2 equivalent to that prevented burden in less
than two weeks.»]
But by the same token, the
Chinese should be outraged that the United
States is putting nearly as much into the atmosphere, and historically a whole lot more
than any
other country, and changing their climate.
This is not to suggest that a choice of, for example, English law and arbitral seats
other than China or Hong Kong are not appropriate, or can not or will not be agreed, but rather that it may be more difficult to achieve such outcomes where the balance of power lies with the
Chinese party (
state or non-
state).
Other than keeping busy with
Chinese state - owned enterprise restructurings, outbound real estate asset deals and foreign theme park investments, the firm's highlight of 2016 was advising Samsung Electronics on its $ 8bn (# 6.5 bn) acquisition of Harman International Industries — the Korean company's largest investment yet, and its first since the group's heir - apparent ascended to the board last fall.