PRC Exit Bans

By Jerome A. Cohen

The April 1 Wall St. Journal has a good front page story discussing exit bans issued by Chinese courts in civil disputes involving foreign companies and personnel. This is a real risk for foreign business people that is too often ignored until too late. There should be a follow-up story not about the PRC courts but the PRC police, who are often invoked by local powerholders to detain or harass foreigners involved in a local business dispute.