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`China Judicial Assistance Information
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`China
`People's Republic of China
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`Hague/Inter-American
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`Party to Hague Service
`Convention?
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`Party to Hague Evidence
`Convention?
`Yes
`Party to Hague Apostille
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`No
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` Party to Inter-American
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`No
`Service of Process by Mail?
`No
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`FOREIGN LAWS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO THE APPROPRIATE
`FOREIGN AUTHORITIES OR FOREIGN COUNSEL.
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`Obtaining Evidence in Civil and Commercial Matters
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`Taking Voluntary Depositions of Willing Witnesses
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`China does not permit attorneys to take depositions in China for use in
`foreign courts. Under its Declarations and Reservations to the Hague
`Evidence Convention and subsequent diplomatic communications,
`China has indicated that taking depositions, whether voluntary or
`compelled, and obtaining other evidence in China for use in foreign courts
`may, as a general matter, only be accomplished through requests to its
`Central Authority under the Hague Evidence Convention. Consular
`depositions would require permission from the Central Authority on a case
`by case basis and the Department of State will not authorize the
`involvement of consular personnel in a deposition without that
`permission. Participation in such activity could result in the arrest,
`detention or deportation of the American attorneys and other participants.
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