Jiang Shigong on Xi Jinping and socialism with Chinese characteristics: an empty vessel

Jiang Shigong (强世功) is a distinguished professor at Peking University’s Faculty of Law and a smart guy. Over the last…

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Bad news for Chinese capital markets

The first sentence of this news story gives me a sinking feeling: “China’s securities regulator has called for the improvement…

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First reported death in liuzhi detention

China recently instituted the Supervisory Commission system as a way of replacing (and putting on a sound legal footing) the…

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Outstanding new book on the Chinese legal system: “Embedded Courts,” by Ng & He

I just finished reading Embedded Courts by Kwai Hang Ng and Xin He. (I’ve linked to the Cambridge Univ. Press…

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