Answer in one line: Yes. Pig butchering — a long-con romance-and-investment scam — is prosecuted in China as fraud, and Chinese law reaches across b ...

Answer in one line: Yes. Securities fraud in China is not one crime but a family of offences, and the two most common are fraudulent issuance of securities (Cri ...

Answer in one line: Yes. A foreigner can buy a mobile SIM card in China with a valid passport — but every number must be registered in your own real name, ...

Answer in one line: A power of attorney (POA) in China is a written document that lets another person act in your name for legal or business matters. Under Arti ...

Answer in one line: Yes — most gambling is prohibited in China. A casual punter who bets a small amount usually faces an administrative penalty, but organ ...

Direct answer: Yes. Forcing someone to work by violence, threat or restriction of personal liberty is a crime under Article 244 of the Criminal Law, punishable ...

Direct answer: Yes — in defined situations you can enter China without a visa, most commonly under a mutual visa-exemption agreement, China’s unilat ...

Direct answer: Under China’s Civil Code, a will is valid only if it takes one of the five forms the law allows — handwritten, witnessed, printed, au ...

Direct answer: No. Under Article 8 of China’s Extradition Law, China must refuse a foreign extradition request if the person sought is a Chinese national. ...

Short answer: in most cases, no. Price fixing between competitors is an administrative violation under China’s Anti-Monopoly Law, not a criminal offence, ...