Topic: news Breaking Your Contract in China: New Consequences for Pulling a “Midnight Run”

The article gives good advise.. most contracts have a section that allows the foreign to get out of their contract. In the foreign expert certificate contract, provided by the Chinese government (if you are legal employed with a FEC), allows any foreign out of their contract with 30 days notice. Once written notice (which can be written in an email, which is date stamped), the employer, must release you from the contract and give you your release documents (3 documents in all). That said, once you have given notice, the company can release you anytime before those 30 days, but you will still be release without problems. You might want to check out the website: http://www.safea.gov.cn/content.shtml?id=12746016 (it has an English button) to check if you can respond to or complain about or dispute claims... I know there is a place that complaints can be made with the Chinese government...but for only foreigners that are LEGAL employed..the government won't help foreigner working illegally in China.