Spanish cooking teacher turns dispute mediator in China

The Star

Isidro, a Spanish expat living in south China's Hainan, is working as a mediator at a local tribunal. He has participated in over 10 mediation cases, including foreign-related tourism and family disputes.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:02 - My name is Isidro de la Calpatinio.

00:05 Most people call me Isi.

00:06 I'm from Spain.

00:08 I lived in China for 17 years and six years in Sanya.

00:13 And now I'm a foreign mediator in the Sanya civil court.

00:18 Now, my main job here is to do some translation work.

00:23 And also as a mediator,

00:26 is to intermediate between foreigners

00:31 and the Chinese parties in some cases.

00:35 To have a foreign person here,

00:46 it might help to some people

00:48 that feel maybe a little bit defenseless

00:51 by not knowing how the Chinese law works.

00:56 Just being able to express themselves

01:00 in Spanish or in English,

01:04 it will make them feel more comfortable.

01:06 So yeah, I think that's a little bit of help

01:11 through the mediation process for foreigners.

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01:19 I think this kind of a mechanism

01:32 of inviting foreign mediators,

01:35 it also show our judicial confidence

01:41 and judicial inclusiveness and judicial openness.

01:45 It's also a good way to help the court

01:53 to quickly and fairly to settle the disputes.

01:58 Most important, fairness and justice to everyone.

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