Part I of this two-part blog post (available here) discussed the legal effects of findings by the Permanent Court of Arbitration (the Tribunal) in its South China Sea Arbitration award of July 2016. 1 In Part II, I will discuss the practical implications of those legal effects, with a particular focus on the shipping, energy, and fishing…
Author: Thomas Canny
Legal and Practical Effects of the South China Sea Arbitration Award (Part I of II)
This is Part I of a two-part blog post on territorial disputes in the South China Sea. Part I explains the legal effects of the July 2016 arbitration award rendered by the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague, and Part II will discuss the practical effects the decision will have on shipping, oil and gas…
Uber in China, Part 2 of 2
The first part of this series explored and discussed the background July 2016 merger of Uber China and its largest competitor, Didi Chuxing. This blog will discuss the particulars of that agreement as well as the developments in the story of the merger that have occurred in recent months. As discussed more fully in the…
Uber in China: Part 1 of 2
With nearly 1.4 billion people, China is a truly massive market for goods and services. It is no surprise that foreign companies have been trying to gain a foothold since China first began opening up in the late 1970s. Some foreign companies have been very successful in China despite some minor hiccups. For example, you…