Stop after a clear refusal — continued pursuit is a public order violation, not “sincerity”
If the other person has clearly refused and you still send messages repeatedly or wait for them, and you interfere with their normal life, from January (1) 2026 that is a public-order offence. You can be detained for up to 5 days, or fined up to 1000 yuan. For more serious cases, detention is 5 to 10 days. Police can also order you not to contact the person; violating that brings another 5 to 10 days of detention.
No cost at all, neither financial nor time-related. The ha…
The Public Security Administration Punishment Law, effective 1 January 2026, explicitly lists persistent pursu…
No cost at all, neither financial nor time-related. The hard part is self-restraint: refraining from sending further messages or waiting around for the other person.
The Public Security Administration Punishment Law, effective 1 January 2026, explicitly lists persistent pursuit and stalking as separate violations. The relevant clause states that “repeatedly sending obscene, insulting, threatening or similar messages, or using harassment, stalking and other methods to interfere with another person’s normal life” is punishable by up to 5 days of detention or a fine of up to 1000 yuan. For more serious cases, the penalty is 5–10 days of detention, with a possible fine up to 1000 yuan. This law also adds an extra provision: with approval from a senior police official, offenders can be ordered to refrain from contacting the victim for a set period; any violation of this order incurs an additional 5–10 days of detention.
全国人大常委会 (2025 修订). 治安管理处罚法（第五十条第一款第五项、第二款，第一百三十六条）. https://www.spp.gov.cn/spp/fl/202506/t20250627_699863.shtml（最高人民检察院转载）
Open source link“Chasing to the end will move the other person” has no research support, but detention and no-contact orders are in black and white. Such offence records are to be sealed and not provided or made public to ordinary units and individuals, though relevant units may query them under state rules. The law looks at whether you repeatedly harassed, entangled, or stalked and interfered with the person’s normal life, not at what you meant. Continuing after a clear refusal is the situation most easily treated as interference; that last sentence is the author’s judgment.