Chen Zhongtao

Guangzhou · Family & Dispute Resolution

Writing · Dispatches

12 pieces · reverse chronological

01

AI's Digital Border: Show Your Passport Before the Prompt Box

A reflection on AI access controls moving from regional availability and IP checks toward nationality, identity and ultimate-beneficiary review.

AI 4 min
02

Two AI Workflow Skills for Chinese Legal Practice

An introduction to two AI workflow skills for Chinese legal practice: one for citation verification, and one for legal document drafting, review and risk control.

AI 5 min
03

AI Thinking, Fast and Slow

A reflection on model choice, reasoning effort, defaults and human judgment through the lens of Thinking, Fast and Slow.

AI 6 min
04

Usury Persists, but You May Have the Right to Repay Only the Principal

A practical note on usury, private lending interest caps, invalid lending contracts and borrower responses under PRC law.

Private lending 7 min
05

A Reading List for Lawyers in the Age of AI

A reading list for legal professionals in the age of AI, covering the future of law, algorithmic governance and fiction.

Lawyers 8 min
06

When Performance Is No Longer Possible: Can the Defaulting Party End the Contract?

A 2026 update on contract deadlock and Article 580 of the Chinese Civil Code.

Contracts 9 min
07

From Peking University to Crypto Celebrity: Justin Sun as an Actor of His Era

A narrative essay on Justin Sun’s shift from campus public writing to crypto-era performance and marketing.

Profile 10 min
08

I Was Arrested on a Business Trip to Hong Kong”: A Legal Consultation

A cautionary note on the boundary between business visits and unauthorized work in Hong Kong.

Cross-border compliance 11 min
09

The Global Unfriendly Map of Cryptocurrency Regulation: Lessons from the FTX Trust Motion

An overview of how different jurisdictions approach cryptoassets, bankruptcy distributions and creditor protection through the lens of FTX Recovery Trust.

Cryptoassets 12 min
10

The 2025 Amendments to the Crime of Refusing to Enforce Court Judgments

A practitioner note on enforcement, creditor remedies and civil-criminal strategy after the 2025 rules.

Enforcement 13 min
11

Prenuptial Property Agreements: To Sign or Not to Sign?

A family-law perspective on when prenuptial property agreements help, where their limits are, and how couples may approach the conversation.

Prenuptial 14 min
12

Dividing Cryptocurrency Assets in Divorce Litigation: Practitioner Notes

Notes on discovery, valuation, preservation, evidence and enforcement issues for cryptoassets in divorce litigation.

Family law 15 min