IP attache position at US consulate in Guangzhou

The US Department of Commerce has an opening for the IP Attaché in Guangzhou; more details at the China IPR…

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Chinese court enforces US judgment

This is big news. Chinese civil procedure allows Chinese courts to enforce foreign judgments (provided they don’t offend public policy)…

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Another giveaway of state assets to real estate developers

I just came across an interesting story about how the city of Changsha, the capital of Hunan province, aims to…

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Glenn Tiffert on China’s insidious digital censorship

Glenn Tiffert, a historian currently doing a post-doc at University of Michigan, has written a terrific paper [updated version from that originally…

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Possible East Asian law post at University of Akron Law School

I received the following announcement from Matt Wilson. Matt is (among other things) a Japanese law scholar, a professor at…

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USCC seeks policy analyst

The US-China Economic and Security Review Commission is looking for a new policy analyst to join the Economics and Trade team.…

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Debt hostages in China

Back in 2010, I did a blog post on debt hostages in China, highlighting the incredible situation of a government-run…

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Brazenly illegal perp parade in Guizhou

As part of their campaign to establish as “Rule-of-Law Bijie,” authorities in Qixingguan District of Bijie City in Guizhou Province…

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“We’ve gotta stop these boys from goin’ to the public!”

That’s a line from a South Park episode in which the good Father Maxi discovers what the other priests think…

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USTR announces several vacancies

I’m just going to refer you over to Mark Cohen’s China IPR blog post for this one.

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