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Dispute Resolution

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  • Representative & mass litigation

    Representative actions and multi-claimant civil/securities proceedings.

  • Cross-border civil law & choice of law

    Private international law, governing law, jurisdiction and foreign-related contract/civil disputes.

  • Cross-border asset recovery

    Tracing, preservation, recognition/enforcement and coordinated recovery across borders.

  • Personality rights & reputation disputes

    Reputation, defamation and personality-rights litigation, including online publications and remedy choices.

  • Professional liability disputes

    Civil claims against lawyers and other professionals for negligence, breach and resulting loss.

  • Electronic Evidence in Chinese Civil and Commercial Disputes

    Electronic evidence in a Chinese civil or commercial dispute can include messages, email, webpages, account and transaction records, access logs, documents, images, audio, video,…

  • China Court Jurisdiction for Civil and Commercial Disputes

    Whether a Chinese court can hear a dispute depends on more than a clause saying “courts in China.” Parties must consider subject-matter jurisdiction, court level, territorial conn…

  • Enforcing a Chinese Judgment

    A PRC judgment is executed by the people’s court: report property, freeze, deduct, restrict consumption. A judgment PDF does not pay itself. Reviewed 6 Sep 2026.Direct answerExecu…

  • Debt Collection in China

    PRC commercial collection is demand, preservation, lawsuit or arbitration, then execution — not a US agency call script. Long guides stay canonical. Reviewed 6 Sep 2026.Direct ans…

  • Recovering Debt from a Chinese Company

    A foreign creditor recovers from a PRC company by suing the legal person with assets in reach — the English trade name is not the defendant. Reviewed 6 Sep 2026.Direct answerSue t…

  • What to Do if a Chinese Company Refuses to Pay

    First moves: identify the legal person, stop further shipments, diary limitation, consider a freeze, then demand or file. Do not wait for a perfect apology. Reviewed 6 Sep 2026.Di…

  • Debtor Asset Investigation in China

    Finding PRC assets is publicity-system, land/SAMR clues, bank leads from invoices, and court investigation after filing — not a US skip-trace product. Reviewed 6 Sep 2026.Direct a…

  • Shareholder Liability for Company Debts in China

    Creditors reach shareholders when capital is unpaid, assets are mixed, or the corporate form is abused — not because an invoice went unpaid. Reviewed 6 Sep 2026.Direct answerUnpai…

  • Recovering Advance Payments from a Chinese Supplier

    A prepaid PO is a contract claim for return of the advance plus possible damages — freeze while the factory still has a bank account. Reviewed 6 Sep 2026.Direct answerThe advance…

  • Supplier Fraud in China

    Supplier fraud is deceit (fake company, fake goods, disappearing after the wire) — it can support civil recovery and, with facts, a criminal complaint. Reviewed 6 Sep 2026.Direct…

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