A Practice Note providing an overview of the key issues relating to terminating employees in China. This Note considers issues relating to grounds for terminating employees unilaterally, terminating employees without notice, terminating employees on one month's notice, consequences of unlawful termination of an employment relationship, consensual termination arrangements, unilateral termination by employees, termination due to the lapse of an employment contract and special considerations that apply to terminating an expatriate employee.