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Brief summaries of U.S. and China visa, immigration, and nationality law news: January 6, 2014 ‘Ideological Disparities and Discrimination’ to Blame for Chinese Trouble Getting Visas, Says Consular Official (SCMP, Jan. 15): Huang Ping, Director of-General of the Department of Consular Affairs, is quoted as saying that “ideological disparities and discrimination” cause other countries to

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As an exercise in showing that Chinese companies use and promote the legal use of software, Kingsoft Corporation Limited announced that its non-wholly owned subsidiary Beijing Kingsoft Office Software Company has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company. Under this agreement, Kingsoft will grant the perpetual usage rights of V9.6 of its

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U.S.-based Columbia Sportswear Company has commenced its joint venture in China with Swire Resources Ltd. The JV commenced on January 1, 2014, and is initially slated to last 20 years. Samson Wong was appointed president of the joint venture named Columbia Sportswear Commercial (Shanghai) Company and headquartered in Shanghai. The joint venture inherits the broad

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Goodman, which owns, develops and manages industrial space, held a groundbreaking ceremony for its Goodman Wujiang Distribution Center in Suzhou, Jiangsu. Located in the city’s Wujiang District, the new distribution center will be developed in two phases. The first phase, due for completion in 2014, will comprise 100,000 square meters of logistics space, making it

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Taiwan’s giant baby panda cub Yuanzai will make her first public appearance tomorrow at the Taipei Zoo in Taiwan. Damn, the people at the Taipei Zoo so lucky.

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Harbin’s annual Ice and Snow Festival had its formal opening today after over 7,000 workers added their final touches to the festival grounds. This year’s Ice and Snow Festival, celebrating its 30th anniversary, is the largest display in recent years. Over one million visitors are expected to visit. Watch these videos and pretend you’re there to witness it (but be silently happy that you’re basking in the warmth from…

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The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China has issued the first batch of virtual operator licenses to 11 enterprises. Virtual operators are qualified enterprises who operate certain basic telecom businesses by leasing the basic networks of telecom operators. The virtual operator business sector opened this time is the mobile reselling business. Only Chinese-owned

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Taiwanese PC maker Acer appointed Jason Chen, former sales director of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, as its new chief executive officer. Chen, whose role became effective on January 1, 2014, previously worked for Intel for 14 years. He joined TSMC as global sales and marketing vice president in 2008. Stan Shih, founder of Acer Group,

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