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That's not a correct statement. Your Chinese company has the rights set forth by their laws. It is true their judicial process is prone to more corruption than in the U.S. But thats spotty and changing as well. You just can't always count on winning a court battle in China because your rich and connected anymore.

I have witnessed very powerful Chinese officials and businessmen not take action against a rival because the action would have been unlawful and they didn't want to risk the penalties. I have seen mid-level government officials block attempted actions from senior officials because the actions didn't follow the rules.



I'm assuming the CCP can win a court battle because it's rich and well connected in government (well, if dominance can be described as "well connected").


The CCP _is_ the government. The distinction is that government is operated with officials that sit on the administration side and others that sit on the "party" side. They all have their functions.

Here's an anecdote for you: a young chinese lady contracted HIV from a hospital blood transfusion. When it was found out, she was fired from her job and her family threw her out.

She sued. Not just her employer and the government hospital but the government as well for not protecting her. She won.

There are quite a few stories of the little person going up against government and winning.

A few months ago, a waitress at a restaurant (hotel) was being accosted by two drunk men..assuming she was about to get raped, she stabbed them. I think one of them died. Turns out they were high level local officials. The girl was given leniency by the court as they understood it was self-defense.




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