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Clearing Away the Mist: Suggestions for Developing a Principled Veil Piercing Doctrine in China

Argues that veil piercing in China's civil-law system needs specific codified guidelines and that the early 2006 statutory language was too ambiguous.

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Use It For

Use this for early comparative anxiety about transplanting an open-textured common-law doctrine into Chinese company law.

Teaching Notes

Compare the note’s call for specificity with the 2023 Company Law’s codification of horizontal veil piercing.