Sat, 13 Jun 2020 Insights Chenyang Zhang 張辰揚 , Yue Wu 武悅

A Chinese court can investigate, collect, and preserve the evidence ex officio or upon the application of the parties, when the evidence may be destroyed or difficult to be collected in the future.

Sun, 03 May 2020 Insights Guodong Du 杜國棟 , Meng Yu 余萌

Is it true that only upon recognition by Chinese courts, can foreign judgments become admissible into evidence?

Fri, 01 May 2020 Insights Chenyang Zhang 張辰揚 , Yue Wu 武悅

"The burden of proof lies with the party asserting a proposition" (誰主張，誰舉證) is a primary rule in the judicial proceedings. The application for evidence collection by the court can only serve as a complement to the presentation of evidence by the parties themselves, and it does not work all the time.

Sun, 26 Apr 2020 Insights Guodong Du 杜國棟

The results of polygraph tests are not admissible as evidence in criminal proceedings, but still remain controversial in civil litigation.

Sun, 15 Mar 2020 Insights Chenyang Zhang 張辰揚 , Ran Ren 任冉

E-mail is an evidence form recognized by Chinese courts, but given its authenticity being easily challenged, the parties should take the right way to obtain and present evidence to ensure its effectiveness.

Sat, 23 Nov 2019 Insights Chenyang Zhang 張辰揚 , Xuan Zhao 趙暄

In China's judicial practice, recording is a common way of collecting evidence. If the private conversation recording without the permission of the other party satisfies certain conditions, the court may admit it as evidence.

Fri, 14 Jun 2019 Insights Guodong Du 杜國棟 , Meng Yu 余萌

False testimonies of witnesses and false statements of the parties are very common in Chinese civil litigation, which generally undermines the trust of judges in what witnesses and the parties say.

Sat, 08 Jun 2019 Insights Guodong Du 杜國棟 , Meng Yu 余萌

Perjury is very common in China's civil litigation, and yet it is difficult for judges to punish perjurers, which consequently affects the judges' way of thinking in the fact-finding.

Thu, 07 Feb 2019 Insights Guodong Du 杜國棟 , Meng Yu 余萌

In China’s civil litigation, judges attach the greatest importance to the documentary evidence. The role of witness testimony and physical evidence is almost negligible.