Media interviews
Summaries of Yang Cheng’s interview comments and links to the original reports.
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Requiring employees to buy gifts at their own expense to settle complaints may amount to disguised wage deductions. Customer complaints do not necessarily cause a business loss. Employers should not force staff to fund gifts and shift ordinary business risks onto them.
Source: Yicai · Reporter: Feng Xiaoxin
Read the original report (Chinese) ↗A sudden closure preventing refunds may constitute a breach of contract. Failure to notify customers or arrange services and refunds may indicate consumer fraud. In bankruptcy, prepaid balances generally constitute ordinary unsecured claims, without priority in a restructuring.
Source: Sina Finance · 5D Investigation · Reporter: Xu Yuanlei
Read the original report (Chinese) ↗If the patent holder or an interested party does not sue within the prescribed period, a generic drug applicant may seek a court declaration that the proposed drug falls outside the scope of the relevant patent.
Source: Yicai · Reporter: Lin Zhiyin
Read the original report (Chinese) ↗Fabricating or spreading false or misleading information that harms a competitor’s business or product reputation may breach unfair competition rules. Xinba’s proposed compensation for Three Sheep customers could raise concerns about market disruption and harm to the other business’s lawful interests.
Source: Sina Technology · Reporter: Xu Yuanlei
Read the original report (Chinese) ↗Buying prepared meals from a third party while claiming they are made in-house may mislead or deceive consumers. Even without a mandatory disclosure rule at the time, consumers still have rights to information and choice.
Source: Yicai · Reporters: Feng Xiaoxin, Jie Shuyi
Read the original report (Chinese) ↗Promoting weight-loss foods through drug or pharmaceutical company names may breach rules on medicines, advertising and unfair competition. Product information should be truthful and complete, without suggesting that a food has a medicine’s therapeutic effects. Affected consumers may seek compensation according to law.
Source: Yicai · Reporter: Lin Zhiyin
Read the original report (Chinese) ↗If both the creator and the MCN agency knew about the account operations, they should bear joint liability. If she was unaware and the agency exceeded its authority with intent or gross negligence, she may claim compensation from the agency.
Source: Sina Finance · Reporter: Xu Yuanlei
Read the original report (Chinese) ↗Lecture fees reflecting professional qualifications, services provided and genuine academic exchange, and unrelated to sales promotion, may be remuneration for services, subject to employer approval, tax and other requirements. Payments disguised as lecture fees remain commercial bribery if the applicable legal elements are met.
Source: Yicai · Reporters: Lin Zhiyin, Qian Tongxin
Read the original report (Chinese) ↗The public information available at the time did not establish whether the person investigated was subject to supervision. When investigating public officials’ work-related offences, supervisory authorities may also investigate non-public officials suspected of bribery, introducing bribes or jointly committing such offences.
Source: Yicai · Reporter: Lin Zhiyin
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