Business & White-Collar Crime

Stealing trade secrets is a crime in China, and the punishment can be severe: under Article 219 of the Criminal Law you face up to three years’ imprisonme ...

Short answer: Commercial bribery is the private-sector version of bribery — paying or rewarding an employee of a company or other organization (not a government ...

Short answer: In China, an employee who uses his or her position to take company money or property can be convicted of embezzlement under Article 271 of the Cri ...

In short, selling goods that you know carry a counterfeit registered trademark is a crime in China: up to three years’ imprisonment in ordinary cases, and three ...

In China, money laundering is a crime under Article 191 of the Criminal Law: the basic penalty is up to 5 years in prison plus a fine, and serious cases are pun ...

In China, fraud is punished under Article 266 of the Criminal Law with up to 3 years in prison for ordinary amounts, 3 to 10 years for large amounts, and 10 yea ...

Short answer: A public official convicted of corruption in China, whether by embezzling public funds or taking bribes, is sentenced under Article 383 of the Cri ...

Short answer: Yes. Under Chinese law, tax evasion is a criminal offense carrying penalties of up to seven years’ imprisonment for individuals and substant ...

White-collar crime in China is a serious and growing exposure for executives, including foreign nationals, because enforcement has become markedly more vigorous ...

The economic downturn, compounded by mounting fiscal pressure on local governments, is fundamentally reshaping the risk landscape for private entrepreneurs in C ...