A Chinese exporter exported 5000 sets electrical household appliances to an importer on the basis of USD 600 per set CFR Los Angeles. Both parties agreed to stipulate the following in the contract: "..... 40% payment by T/T in advance and 60% payment by D/P 90 days after sight. The buyer should remit the 40% of total value on or before September 30, 2008. Shipment from Chinese port to Los Angeles, not later than Oct. 21", 2008. Packed in wooden box fumigated more over 12 hours with H2S gas. Partial shipment and transshipment are prohibited. ......" After received buyer's remittance money September 28th, the exporter shipped 3000 sets in Shanghai Port on Oct. 4th, 2008, then sent shipping advice on time to the importer and got one set of clean on board B/Ls. Then the exporter shipped the other 2000 sets on board the same vessel in Guangzhou Port on Oct. 8th, 2008, sent shipping advice on time to the importer and got other one set of clean on board B/Ls. And then the vessel began to sail to Los Angeles. 1. Whether the seller has breached the contract provision of "Partial shipment and transshipment are prohibited" or not? Why? (10%) The probe into the Siemens bri Bribe cases to be probed the Siemens bribery case in China can help strengthen the country's ainst commercial corruption, says an article in the Beijing News. capacity of fighting against commercial corruption, say Following is an excerpt: According to the US is an excerpt: According to the US Justice Department documents, the shocking Siemens bribery case has already spread its tentacles in China, with charges for bribina officials of the transportation, power transmission and distribution, and healthcare industries. Early this year, a doctor from a hospital in Jilin province was sentenced to jail for 14 vears for taking $60,000 in bribe from Siemens. Siemens has also reportedly bribed five Chinese State-owned hospitals $14.4 million. Besides, it paid another $9 million for 231 sales projects in the country's hospitals. Most of the amount was used to pay for luxury overseas trips for doctors of these hospitals. Chinese officials had also reportedly es from Siemens between 2002 and 2007 to help the company win a subway project worth $1 billion and two power billion and two power transmission projects in south China worth $838