China Legal Guidance
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57 articles
Employment LawEnglish
What foreign companies must do to hire their first employee in China legally: the mandatory written contract, probation limits, social insurance, and the five costly mistakes to avoid.
Dispute ResolutionEnglish
How Chinese law allocates liability for personal injury in home-services and home-renovation work — employment, individual labor, and contracting regimes, recoverable damages, and how to secure recovery.
Dispute ResolutionEnglish
A lawsuit in a Chinese court runs on fixed deadlines that begin at service, not awareness. How a foreign defendant should read the timeline, challenge jurisdiction, preserve foreign evidence, and avoid an unenforceable default.
Employment LawEnglish
Many foreign-invested enterprises in China treat social insurance as an afterthought or try to avoid it with cash allowances. Both create back-payment liability, surcharges, and director exposure. What the law actually requires.
Dispute ResolutionEnglish
You lent money to a Chinese borrower without a formal loan agreement. Can you get it back? A practical guide to proving private lending claims: IOU, fund delivery, WeChat evidence, audio recordings, and enforcement.
Dispute ResolutionEnglish
In China, your contract might be a WeChat conversation. A practical guide to authenticating WeChat messages as evidence: device production, identity verification, complete conversations, and notarization.
Intellectual PropertyEnglish
A standard NDA is not enough in China. Liquated damages, compensated non-competes, joint and several downstream liability, and verified return/destruction — the architecture of a real trade secret protection agreement.
Corporate & FDIEnglish
A practical, step-by-step guide to setting up a Wholly Foreign-Owned Enterprise (WFOE) in China — when it's the right vehicle, the registration process, and the five pitfalls foreign founders underestimate.
Commercial ContractsEnglish
In China, the company seal is the company. A contract signed by the wrong person or stamped with the wrong seal can be unenforceable. A practical protocol for foreign companies: identity verification, seal comparison, in-person execution,…
Dispute ResolutionEnglish
The debt-for-property trap, multi-entity developer structures, and the creditor hierarchy in Chinese developer insolvencies. A practical guide for suppliers trying to collect from China's real estate sector.