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07 Aug 2026
VBP Award Day +14: The Distributor Contract Heat-Map In-House Counsel Actually Needs
Life Sciences & Healthcare Blog · Legal cluster hub The dangerous window is not award day; it is the two weeks when sales pushes stock while legal still has the pre-VBP playbook o…
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07 Aug 2026
HGR Gate Before First-Patient-In: A Sponsor Checklist That Survives Global Protocols
Life Sciences & Healthcare Blog · Legal cluster hub If your global protocol assumes free secondary genomics and offshore bioinformatics, China will not adapt later. Human genetic…
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05 Aug 2026
Asset Isolation and Wealth Structuring for China-Connected HNW Families
Asset isolation means designing ownership, control, and liability so that operating risk, personal claims, and succession events do not automatically collapse the entire balance s…
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05 Aug 2026
Offshore Family Trusts for China-Connected Families: Legal Risk Orientation
Offshore (and some domestic) family trusts are used for succession, governance, and creditor-planning discussions. For China-connected families, enforceability, forced-heirship co…
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04 Aug 2026
Tea and F&B Franchise Outbound Compliance for Chinese Brands
Chinese new-tea and restaurant brands expand via company-owned stores, JVs and franchising / master franchise. The work spans trademark races, franchise disclosure, food safety, l…
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04 Aug 2026
Web3 and Crypto Compliance Red Lines for China-Linked Projects
Red-line orientation for teams with China nexus—not investment advice and not a how-to for unlawful token offerings. Overseas structures do not erase China risk when persons, prom…
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04 Aug 2026
Transfer Pricing and Related-Party Transactions for Chinese Outbound Groups
Subject to further legal review and update. This guide is published for research orientation on China Legal Portal. It is not formal legal advice. Statutes, procedures, thresholds…
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02 Aug 2026
From Payment Plan to Judgment: Recovering RMB 2 Million in Overdue Trade Debt in China
When a buyer stops paying, a supplier's first instinct is often to stop supplying. The stronger response is to convert the debt into a documented, enforceable claim. In a case hea…
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02 Aug 2026
Defending a Product Quality Claim: A Seller's Practical Response Under Chinese Law
A buyer who is unhappy with a product may sue the seller for a refund, a replacement, or damages. For the seller, the claim often feels like an attack on the product's reputation,…
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02 Aug 2026
When a Shop Cannot Get a Business Licence: Rescission and Refund in Chinese Restaurant Leases
A tenant who rents a street-front shop for a restaurant expects to obtain a business licence and operate lawfully. When the premises cannot support that purpose, the entire commer…
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02 Aug 2026
Hidden Neighbour Noise and the Seller's Duty of Disclosure in Chinese Resale Housing Contracts
Buying a second-hand home is often the largest transaction a family will make, and the seller's silence about known defects can turn that purchase into a source of daily distress.…
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02 Aug 2026
Written Confirmation of a Zero Share: Partnership Property, Registration, and Contract Freedom in China
When two people buy a property together, the register often shows them as co-owners, but a later written agreement may tell a different story. In a case decided by the Daya Bay Ec…
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02 Aug 2026
Signature Mismatch Is Not Enough: How Chinese Courts Enforce Payment Claims Through Evidence Chains
When a buyer has received goods and paid part of the price, can a signature discrepancy on a delivery note wipe out the remaining debt? A recent decision of the Jingzhou Intermedi…
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02 Aug 2026
No Written Contract, No Problem? Recovering Overdue Payment for Goods in China
When a supplier in China sells goods without a signed paper contract, relying instead on WeChat messages, delivery receipts, and invoices, a buyer's default can look hopeless. The…
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02 Aug 2026
Banking and Financial Compliance in China: Loan Agreements, Rate Rules and the Boundary Between Default and Crime
Borrowing and lending in China operate in a dense regulatory environment where the difference between a civil dispute and a criminal offense can turn on a single clause in a loan…
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