刑事法镜 · CHINA CRIMINAL PRACTICE
Understanding Chinese criminal justice, in law and practice
Independent legal information and practical commentary on Chinese criminal law and procedure.
刑事法镜 — 中国刑事法律与实务 中文
01Featured Analysis
Featured analysis highlights criminal-law issues with continuing practical relevance.
How Should Electronic Data Be Reviewed in Cybercrime Cases?
Electronic data in cybercrime cases cannot be assessed by content alone. This guide examines source, integrity, identity attribution, and probative value, including chat records, forensic images, hash values, platform data, online extraction, procedural defects, and authenticity defects.
When Can a Lawyer Meet a Suspect After Criminal Detention in China? Key Stages from Detention to Review and Approval of Arrest
When can a lawyer meet a suspect after criminal detention in China? Learn how the 24-hour, 48-hour and 37-day rules work, when arrest approval is reviewed, and what families can do.
02Sections
Content is filed by procedural stage and subject, so the archive can be browsed and extended over time.
Practical Guides
Step-by-step explanations of how a criminal case moves through the system.
Enter →Criminal Procedure
Investigation, review for prosecution, trial and post-conviction stages.
Enter →Cybercrime
Electronic evidence, computer-system offences and platform-related exposure.
Enter →White-Collar Crime
Fraud, fundraising offences and corporate criminal exposure.
Enter →Foreign Nationals
Procedure where a foreign national is detained or prosecuted in China.
Enter →Case Notes
Observations on published judgments and publicly reported cases.
Enter →03Latest Articles
What Should You Do If Police in China Call and Ask You to “Cooperate with an Investigation”? — Confirm Your Status First: Summons, Questioning, and Interrogation
When Can a Lawyer Meet a Suspect After Criminal Detention in China? Key Stages from Detention to Review and Approval of Arrest
How Should Electronic Data Be Reviewed in Cybercrime Cases?
How Can Family Members Abroad Retain a Criminal Defense Lawyer in China?
04Editorial principles
Law
Built on laws, judicial interpretations and normative documents currently in force.
Practice
Concerned with how the rules actually operate in criminal procedure and case handling.
Authorship & Updates
Formal content identifies its author, its legal review and its last updated date. If the author conducts the final legal review, the author is identified accordingly; if the article is independently reviewed by another lawyer, that reviewer is identified.
Founder and Legal Editor
This site was founded and is maintained by attorney Yaqi Wang, with a focus on Chinese criminal law and practice.
Attorney at Law · Deputy Director, Cybercrime Defense Department, Criminal Practice Center
Founder, China Criminal Practice · Legal Editor
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