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China Supplier Dispute: Civil or Criminal?

Many foreign buyers believe that a failed transaction with a Chinese supplier automatically means fraud.

However, disputes involving delivery problems, product quality issues, refund requests, and contract performance are often treated as civil or commercial disputes under Chinese law.

This free assessment tool provides a preliminary screening result only and does not constitute legal advice.

1 What happened with the supplier?
2 Did you have a contract, purchase order, invoice, quotation, or other transaction documents?
3 Was the supplier operating as a company or business?
4 Did the supplier provide any performance?
5 Did the supplier communicate with you after the dispute occurred?
6 Do you have evidence that the supplier intended to deceive you from the beginning?
7 Did the supplier provide false information? (e.g. fake company identity, fake documents, false factory information)
8 What is your main goal?