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China depositions: So what's the deal there?

By Dan Hull

We want to know, too. Even though China signed a treaty with the U.S. on evidence in 1980, and acceded to the Hague Evidence Convention in 1998, China attached strings to both and, well, nothing really happens if you want to take a deposition in mainland China. Two days ago Dan Harris at China Law Blog wrote "Taking Depositions In China. It Can Be Done. Just Kidding". He was inspired by several posts in early 2008 at the Experience Not Logic: Business and Law in China--which, by the way, is a dead-on if not perfect title for any website, blog, book or course about doing business in China. Read these links on taking evidence in China. Do you have different experiences, or takes? We'd love to know.

Full post as published by What About Clients? on January 23, 2009 (boomark / email).