Edgar Choi's New Law Book Can Save You Thousands of RMB

Sanja Stojkov | Oct 25, 2022 11:32 am | Add a comment | 248 reads

A Fudan University graduate, Edgar Choi is a well-known name in the expat community and, for the past few years, has been the number one person foreigners turn to when facing legal issues. This Hong Kong-born lawyer/legal advisor/author has been helping expats in China with corporate and labor law cases, and even doing pro bono work by offering free legal advice during the pandemic. He’s also been running the “Law in a Minute” WeChat group, where people are encouraged to ask questions and present their legal problems.

Choi has written four Chinese law books on economic, corporate, financial and intellectual property law, however a series of articles on the Chinese labor law was what really got the ball rolling – thousands of foreigners in China reached out to him asking for help and advice.

Choi explains: “There were hundreds of new subscribers and my WeChat was exploding with friend requests. Everybody was in the middle of trouble due to employers not paying their salaries. Every minute that I was awake, I was answering questions pro bono. My dearest mom was worried about me as I was on the phone all the time and awake until 3am, but I wanted to do what I could to help the poor souls!”

Choi has published a new book, Business Law in a Minute, in which he uses interesting stories from real life cases with a goal to, in his words, “guide you through know-hows of self-protecting.” According to Choi, by learning law one protects oneself from verbal, mental and physical harm. He tells us: “Most people don’t even know what rights they have in China, or they know a bit of law from their home country and find out that the rules are exactly the opposite here. I have seen many expats get into trouble for not knowing the law because they didn’t even know what they were doing was illegal!”