Yes — as a foreign visitor you can use WeChat Pay in China. You simply link an international Visa or Mastercard to the WeChat app and scan the merchant&#8 ...

Short answer: yes. China’s standard week is eight hours a day and 40 hours a week, with at least one rest day. Overtime is capped at one hour a day &#8212 ...

Short answer: exporting controlled items without a licence is mainly an administrative offence under China’s Export Control Law — confiscation of il ...

Short answer: yes — a company’s crime can put its directors and managers in prison, but not every officer is automatically guilty. China uses a “dual punishment ...

Short answer: no. China’s 240-hour visa-free transit — the “10-day transit” policy — lets you enter without a visa for tourism, business visits and seeing famil ...

Short answer: no. Chinese law treats cannabis as a drug, with no medical or recreational exception. Smoking it or holding even a small amount is an administrati ...

Short answer: as an individual you can buy foreign currency through a bank up to the equivalent of USD 50,000 per year, and carry out up to USD 5,000 in cash wi ...

Short answer: yes. Chinese criminal law treats a company as a unit that can itself be convicted, fined and recorded as a criminal offender, while the people who ...

Short answer: yes, a foreigner can open a bank account in China, but only with the right documents and only after the bank has checked you properly. You need yo ...

Short answer: the first-instance trial itself normally closes within two to three months of the court accepting the case, but counting investigation and prosecu ...