Why do many people think that the laws in China and Japan can't be the same?

The legal systems of China and Japan have a lot in common, and both China's legal theory and legal system are studied. Japan's China and Japan are both civil law countries, and they are both inherited German law systems. When China was building a modern legal system, many contents were learned from Japan, and a large number of legal terms and vocabulary were quoted from Japan, such as: bail pending trial, tort liability and so on. Moreover, many legal provisions in China are directly copied from German and Japanese codes. For example, many crimes in the general and specific provisions of China's criminal code are copied from Japan's criminal code, and many contents of China's tort liability law, contract law, inheritance law, marriage law and so on are also learned from Japan.

Although Japan absorbed some things from Anglo-American law system after World War II, it is still a typical civil law country. It has become the development trend of modern legal system that civil law system and common law system learn from each other. In terms of civil law, countries all over the world, especially countries with civil law system, still follow the legislative ideas and legal systems of Roman law and Napoleonic Code.

China and Japan have similar legal systems and legal theories. Although many details are different, the theme, jurisprudence and legal framework are basically the same.