Sun, 02 May 2021 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Liu Qiang 刘强
The collection of personal information should be lawful, justified and necessary, as a principle upheld by Chinese courts in Guo v. Hangzhou Safari Park (2020).
Litigation in China
Sun, 25 Apr 2021 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
No more notarization and authentication of a power of attorney; online verification is what those living overseas and wishing to appoint a Chinese lawyer need.
Sat, 10 Apr 2021 Insights Dennis (Yongquan) Deng 邓永泉
No, the agreement, at least the part relating to the organizational structure and internal governance matters, may not be arbitrable, says Beijing Second Intermediate People's Court in Tang v. Beijing XX Decoration Technology Company (2019).
Sun, 04 Apr 2021 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
Empirical studies in Chengdu Courts show that the COVID-19 pandemic prompted a widespread shift to online litigation, which has been unexpectedly popular among judges and litigants.
Sun, 04 Apr 2021 China Legal News Chenyang Zhang 张辰扬
China's Supreme Court's Several Provisions on Providing Online Case-filing Services for Foreign Litigants (2021) provides an Internet platform for foreign parties to file cases with Chinese courts, and streamlines the case-filing procedures.
Sun, 21 Mar 2021 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋
Recent years have seen a number of cases wherein Chinese courts actively apply international human rights treaties, despite the unclear status of international treaties in the Chinese legal system.
Sun, 14 Mar 2021 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋
The current forensic examination system has begun to take shape since the reform in 2005. A historical overview allows us to understand how the reform began and where it will lead.
Sun, 14 Mar 2021 Insights Meng Yu 余萌
Here's a step-by-step guide to accessing China's virtual court proceedings through the app ‘China Mobile Micro Court’.
Sun, 28 Feb 2021 Insights Zilin Hao 郝梓林
China's Supreme Court made a final judgment applying HCCH 1965 Service Convention to serve a Japanese litigant by post in 2019, under the situation where the government of Japan opposed to postal service but the Japanese litigant agreed to accept it.
Sun, 21 Feb 2021 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋
As the landmark case Ren v. Baidu shows, Chinese courts are currently not supportive of claims by Internet users to have their personal information deleted.