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mubjecte rosidont in China. The principle røverning judic-ial proceedings in mixed cases in China is clearly laid down in Section II of the Tientsin Convention. "It is understood that so long as the laws of the two countries (i.e. Great Britain and China) differ from each other there can be but one principle to guide judicial proceedings in mixed cases in China, namely that the cause is tried by the official of defendant's nationality.
The law administered will be the law of the officer trying the case.
It is evident that the Chinese Authorities may under this clause require all cases in which Chinese are concerned as defendants to be tried in a Chinese Court by a Chinese official. In practice the Canton Authorities rarely refuse to lend their assistance in carrying out a judgment of the Hongkong Court, but the official concerned invariably summons defendant to appear before him, and it is only after inquiring carefully into the case and satisfying himself that defendant is liable, that he orders defendant to satisfy plaintiff's claim against him.
His Honour will doubtless remember the case of Wai Ving...