Some of the more difficult issues for businesses with operations in China arise from the activities of third parties and vendors in that country. The attenuated lines of supervision at many China operations, the lack of transparency in obtaining due diligence information on vendors, the changing and sophisticated nature of corrupt practice schemes, and increased pressure from regulators in the U.S. – and increasingly Chinese and other foreign jurisdictions – all put multinationals at risk. In a guest article, Ronald Cheng, a partner at O’Melveny & Myers based in both Los Angeles and Honk Kong, explains how companies can mitigate these risks while doing business in China. See “The Emperor Is Far Away: The Evolving Nature of Third-Party Risk in China” (Sep. 9, 2015).