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  • Assault, Sexual and Violent Offences: Criminal Procedure in China

    Allegations involving assault, sexual conduct or other violence can trigger criminal investigation, administrative enforcement, civil compensation or several processes at once. Th…

  • Juvenile Criminal Procedure and Record Sealing in China

    China applies a special criminal-procedure framework when a person is alleged to have committed an offence before turning 18. Age at the alleged conduct, not simply age when quest…

  • Drug & gambling offences

    Narcotics and gambling-related offences, including cross-border gaming conduct and detention exposure.

  • Driving & traffic crimes

    Dangerous driving, DUI and traffic-related criminal exposure, distinct from administrative traffic penalties.

  • Juvenile defence & record sealing

    Minors’ procedural protections, juvenile offences and criminal-record sealing.

  • Economic & white-collar offences

    Duty encroachment, commercial bribery, economic crime and business-related criminal exposure.

  • Assault, sexual & violent offences

    Intentional injury, assault, sexual offences and other violent allegations, including detention exposure and coordination with victim civil-compensation claims.

  • Sentencing, bail, parole & corrections

    Compulsory measures, community correction, parole, prison management and sentence reduction.

  • Personal-information crimes

    Criminal exposure involving unlawful collection, sale or provision of personal information, coordinated with PIPL/data compliance.

  • Theft & property offences

    Criminal defence for theft and property offences, including valuation disputes, return/restitution issues, mitigation and procedural status.

  • Can an Employer Help a Detained Employee in China?

    Family & employer L4. Foreign-detained and right-to-lawyer are siblings. Strong disclaimer: help ≠ controlling the defense narrative.Direct answerYes, within law: retain counsel a…

  • Criminal Detention in China

    Criminal detention is the usual first lock-up. Long-form bail/detention blogs stay linked — this wiki is the definition + clock. /criminal-bail-and-detention-in-china…

  • Arrest in China

    Arrest means 逮捕批准 after detention review. Scene handcuffs are usually detention first. Link the 37-day and bail pages; do not invent a twin long-form guide.Direct answer‘Arrest’ i…

  • Release Pending Trial in China

    取保候审 is the usual ‘bail’ analogue. Long-form bail blogs stay linked. This wiki is conditions + when it is realistic. /bail-pre-trial-release-chinese-criminal-procedur…

  • Police Questioning in China

    Questioning is 讯问 when you are a suspect. Link rights-of-accused blogs; this wiki is the questioning moment. Right-to-lawyer is the sibling.Direct answerIf you are a criminal susp…

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