Very interesting content otherwise, I remember the seal issue being something very controversial too when other companies went there (I believe it was regarding Intel, that was maybe 15 years ago). To this day it still is a pretty prevalent issue when doing local branches in China.
What are the evidence of this? Other than him being self interested and commit misconduct.
There is the loophole for "representing interests of a foreign principal before US government officials" though, so I guess this is written broadly enough to snag anyone who may step on some toes.
The author clearly suggests this American CEO is a "loyal CCP" agent. I am just curious how did she/he spot him?
Yes, CCP bad.
Guantanamo is an embarrassment but it isn't even close to the Xinjiang camps
That's not nearly as bad as the 16 billion Uighurs the Chinese have in camps right now.
Just say you don't care. The most unbearing thing for us is that you claim to care while brutalizing and fetishizing others to justify your own crusade.
You are correct. I don't find that in any way to be a compelling argument.
You've probably already thought of multiple excuses, because you've been conditioned not to think of immigrants in concentration camps as people.
For those of us not familiar with Chinese business practices, is this an actual seal? Like someone would use to frank documents, or squish into hot wax to seal documents? Or is it a symbolic seal, like a legal document, or something else?
Presumably it comes out of personal seals which are a fun item to get if you're in China. I never interacted with someone who used them, but it's cool. See pictures at [2] and history at [3].
"Chop" is also frequently used instead of "seal". I assume its not onomatopoedic, but that is a fair description of the "thunk" sound produced to when the seal is quickly pounded against the document on the table.
[1] https://www.china-briefing.com/news/company-chops-in-china/
[2] https://www.chinahighlights.com/travelguide/culture/chinese-...
i’m not surprised at this at all.
in the western context many executive assistants end up being appointed the executor of the ceo’s estate / will as a matter of business continuity.
In Japan, the official "hanko" seal with red ink carries the force of a signature, but other seals do not carry as much or any legal weight.
https://www.nippon.com/en/features/jg00077/
That article talks a little bit about a similar system to the one I mentioned, where one seal is used for banking, one for title transactions, etc. Something like that but more customizable could be pretty useful.
A chairmanner can be declared by the board, and the power of his seal goes with that automatically.
Say, somebody steals a seal now...