How To Force Your Chinese Employer To Pay You, Part One
I’ve received a lot of email recently from foreigners in China working for Chinese companies, including some at law firms that compete with my Chinese law firm employer, asking for specific advice about how to force their employer to pay them, usually since they have a employment contract. Well, I can’t speak for everyone, but I can offer some specific suggestions.
Today, I’ll share with you copies of some of the emails I’ve sent recently to my Chinese employer. I hope these are helpful. In future columns I’ll show you the other means I have employed, such as Google Ads and lawsuits. First, though, I hope this is both as helpful and enjoyable to you as it has been for me to write these emails to the fraudulant lawyers at Zhong Lun Law Firm.
date Sep 29, 2007 10:07 PM
from Jeff Brauer
to wanglihua@zhonglun.com, zengxi@zhonglun.com
subject money you owe jeff
Shitheads: You owe jeff money. How you gonna pay?
Jeff Brauer
date Sep 25, 2007 10:07 PM
from Jeff Brauer
to sxu@zhonglun.com, wanglihua@zhonglun.com, zhangxuebing@zhonglun.com
subject zhonglun owes jeff brauer money
Zhong Lun: I forward all information about your debts to me every month to my congressmen and senators. You are all losers and I am happy that the entire world knows this.
Jeff Brauer
date Jul 25, 2007 10:07 PM
from Jeff Brauer
to sxu@zhonglun.com, wanglihua@zhonglun.com, zhangxuebing@zhonglun.com
subject Payment to Jeff
Per Wang Lihua’s email, I called you and left a phone number for you to return my call. I have fulfilled all requirements to settle this, including giving you client records and removing my blog. I have set a deadline of today 5pm Beijing time for this to be resolved and payment made, or I will resume everything.
Jeff Brauer
date Jul 10, 2007 10:07 PM
from Jeff Brauer
to sxu@zhonglun.com, wanglihua@zhonglun.com, zhangxuebing@zhonglun.com
subject China Lawyer Blog
Dear Zhang Xuebing:
Following your unannounced visit today to my office, after you paid people to track my whereabouts, I have removed the blog chinalawyerblog.com, pending your offer to pay me what Zhong Lun owes me per its contract with me. I am now leaving for the USA, where I will reside for the next few months. I hereby offer you a reply warning and threat: Zhong Lun will pay me what it owes me within seven days of this email, and I don’t ask you for one penny more than what is owed, or this blog, and perhaps another, will be up and running– more popular than ever–at that time.
I want to re-emphasize that your threats, in person and writing, has been reported to many levels of the US government, including local police, and other people with influence.
I await your reply
Jeff Brauer
November 14, 2007 at 4:01 am
You can talk to some local Chinese media to publicize Zhonglun’s case as well. This will impose much more pressure on them.
March 21, 2008 at 8:08 am
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