Aggrieved companies 'should go to court'

Wang Xiaoye, one of China's leading experts on competition law, says foreign companies that feel wrongly accused of anti-trust behavior need to take their cases to Chinese courts.

Chinese investigators have descended on Microsoft, Mercedes, Audi, BMW and Japanese auto part makers in a wave of high-profile cases over recent weeks.

Most so far have been prepared to accept fines from the authorities, rather than to appeal their cases in the courts, and some have expressed fears privately that they will not get a fair hearing.