China Blocks WhatsApp

Re:China Blocks WhatsApp by imron on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @03:46AM (#15336908)

> Foreigners can't set up businesses of any kind

Foreigners can set up businesses - see for example, the WFOE [0].

There are restrictions however for certain fields and business activities (infrastructure being one), so while foreigners can't just set up any company, they certainly can set up some companies if they like.

0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wholly_Foreign-Owned_Enterpris...

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Re:China Blocks WhatsApp by dreamfactored on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @06:00PM (#15342892)

Thanks that's very helpful actually as I may well be doing this in future. My experience was from being told by Chinese that it was JV all the way and with O'Reilly having to use 3rd parties but thinking about it publishing would obviously be sensitive...

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Re:China Blocks WhatsApp by imron on Tuesday October 03, 2017 @01:34AM (#15390401)

Yes, publishing is strictly regulated, and I'd imagine you'd need a JV for any sort of traditional publishing.

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