It's always helpful to have "connections" in China, or so the saying goes. Then again, YOUR connections may not have the RIGHT connections. Be careful.
 
This is an article from the China Law Blog, which tends to slant the article to promote their own services. But it's still an interesting and very informative read.
 
It's about a hospital which was built by foreign investors. The local government allowed it to proceed - until someone figured out - several years after it opened - it was entirely illegal.
 
The article points out several examples of similar boondoggles.

# [China Closes Prominent International Hospital: YOUR Most Important Lesson for the Year](http://www.chinalawblog.com/2017/09/china-closes-prominent-international-hospital-your-most-important-lesson-for-the-year.html)

> According to the article, the hospital, Shanghai Redleaf International Women’s and Children’s Hospital, was “founded by Canadian investors” and it had “signed a 20-year lease for prime real estate owned by the military on central Shanghai’s Huaihai Road and **started catering to foreigners and wealthy Chinese more than four years ago**.” But because “The People’s Liberation Army has been banned from commercial activities since 1998” the hospital was being forced to close. The HK Free Press says this “hospital is one of the largest private business affected by the so-called de-commercialisation of the military to date.” The article then quotes the district government as saying “There exists a matter of illegal construction of building at the Redleaf Hospital. It must be rectified duly in accordance with relevant laws.”
By Dan Harris on  September 7, 2017


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