Foreign Lawyers Can Now Join The Shanghai Bar Assoc

According to a report in ALB? HK, Macau and other international qualified lawyers working for a representative office in Shanghai may be allowed to join…

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The Shanghai Bar Association..

Apparently the “Proposal is aiming to strengthen the knowledge exchange, communication and cooperation between local lawyers and lawyers from other jusrisdictions including HK & Macau”? says the ALB article

We wonder if it has anything to do with the party wanting to keep a closer eye on foreign lawyers.

Is it just coincidence that we see a statement like this from the Shanghai Bar Association within 10 days or so of a party directive saying that? all Chinese law firms were expected to form internal party cells

After the Wiki leaks revelations over the weekend about China & Google nothing would really suprise us

Here’s the ALB report

http://www.linkedin.com/news?viewArticle=&articleID=276930937&gid=2552434&type=member&item=36653471&articleURL=http%3A%2F%2Fasia%2Elegalbusinessonline%2Ecom%2Fnews%2Fshanghai-bar-association-to-expand-its-membership-to-non-mainland-lawyers%2F60826&urlhash=9bNm&goback=%2Egde_2552434_member_36653471

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