Yes. Using a forged or altered passport, visa or identity document to enter China is a criminal offence, and supplying or selling such a document to someone els ...

Yes. Using someone else’s identity in China is a criminal offence, and it can be punished in several different ways depending on what you do with the iden ...

Yes – foreigners can study in China, but a student visa is strictly for study. If you take a job without a work permit you are committing “illegal e ...

Short answer: If your contract contains a valid written arbitration clause, a Chinese court will not decide the dispute. It goes to the arbitration commission n ...

Short answer: Yes. There are two completely different routes. A Chinese court can impose expulsion on a foreigner as a criminal punishment under Article 35 of t ...

Short answer: yes. Pyramid selling is banned in China, and organizing or leading a pyramid scheme is a criminal offence under Article 224-1 of the Criminal Law ...

Short answer: no — and neither can Chinese citizens. In China land is not private property: urban land belongs to the State, rural land belongs to village colle ...

China runs a four-level court system, and a normal case is finished after two hearings: the first-instance trial and one appeal. This is the two-instance final ...

Yes. Crossing China’s border without going through a legal port of entry is a criminal offence where the circumstances are serious, and the people who arr ...

Lending money to a friend is legal in China. Loan sharking is not. Unlicensed, business-style lending at very high interest can be prosecuted as illegal busines ...