Sun, 11 Oct 2020 Insights Chenyang Zhang 張辰揚 , Ran Ren 任冉

"The burden of proof lies with the party asserting a proposition" (誰主張，誰舉證) is a primary rule of burden of proof in China's judicial proceedings. Nevertheless, the rule is not unchangeable.

Sun, 13 Sep 2020 Insights Chenyang Zhang 張辰揚 , Ran Ren 任冉

The technical examination officer (TEO) is a trial assistant to assist the judge in finding out technical facts of the case. Like the expert in authentication, the TEO is a neutral third party but has closer communication with judges.

Sun, 23 Aug 2020 Insights Chenyang Zhang 張辰揚 , Ran Ren 任冉

In Chinese civil litigation, standards of proof can be categorized into two groups: most to-be-proved facts are subject to “preponderance of the evidence” standard, and some special to-be-proved facts subject to “beyond a reasonable doubt” standard.

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.