Seriously though. Why not just fly there? It's a couple grand to likely get back $50k (cash or merchandise). People are far less mean in person.
Seriously though. Why not just fly there? It's a couple grand to likely get back $50k (cash or merchandise). People are far less mean in person.
By the OP's admission, they were late with some of their payments, and the Chinese counterparty could conceivably have some kind of a legal case against them. In which case, being in China could open them to getting sued in Chinese courts, which can be a tricky situation for Westerners. Not least because (as in this case), it can get difficult to leave the country once the case is in the courts.
(The linked article describes a case where a businessman was stopped at the airport because of a $250,000 lawsuit that he says he was unaware of. He was only able to leave after his family found the money.)