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Variable Interest Entity Structures in China: Are Legal Uncertainties and Risks to Foreign Investors Part of China's Regulatory Policy?

Examines VIE structures used to access restricted Chinese sectors and asks whether continuing legal uncertainty is part of China's regulatory strategy.

Use It For

Use this for foreign-invested enterprise and overseas listing hypotheticals involving contractual control rather than equity ownership.

Teaching Notes

The reading is strong because it treats legal uncertainty as a governance tool, not merely as drafting risk.