********************************************************************* Key Elements of the Crime "Picking Quarrels and Provoking Trouble" ********************************************************************* A review of the relevant provisions of China's Criminal Law reveals that the establishment of this crime requires several conditions: objectively, there must be **acts of spreading rumors**, and objectively, this must cause **serious harm or severe disruption of social order**; subjectively, the perpetrator must **clearly know** that the information being spread is deliberately fabricated rumors; and, of course, as criminal liability is a form of legal liability, establishing a causal relationship between the act and the damage is a crucial and essential element. In this part, we will review the three main constitutive elements which the crime of "**Picking Quarrels and Provoking Trouble**" typically comprises in the Chenjingyuan's case. ------ .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 actions/index .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 disorder/index .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 knowing/index