The Rise of Exit Bans and Hostage-Taking in China

Executives doing business in China can find themselves detained when a dispute arises. How can companies prepare for and handle such situations?

Foreign entities doing business in China are facing increasingly grave risks. On top of the high-level geopolitical and economic risks to consider, the growing incidence of exit bans, which prevent foreign executives from leaving China if their company becomes involved in a dispute, imposes a very individual human risk. While there has been widespread media coverage of a few cases — the exit ban placed on a Singaporean executive from U.S. investigations company Mintz Group and the detention of five of its ...

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