Important new article on the Xinjiang detentions

Adrian Zenz, perhaps the one person more responsible than any other for bringing the Xinjiang detentions to the attention of…

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More on the legal aspects of the Xinjiang detentions

Last October, I posted a piece on the Lawfare blog about legal aspects—under Chinese domestic law—of the Xinjiang detentions. Earlier…

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Chinese law in 55 minutes: a podcast

I had an enjoyable chat about Chinese law the other day with Jordan Schneider, host of the ChinaEconTalk podcast. Here’s…

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On Nazi comparisons

On a China-related internet discussion group of which I’m a member, there was recently an exchange about the appropriateness of…

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Xi Jinping’s Succession: What Did the West Get Wrong?

What would happen if Xi Jinping suddenly died, killed by assassination or incurable illness? Would such an unexpected departure of…

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Party Rules 101 – Are all Party Committees the same? Answer is NO.

Explaining Party rules gives me the strange gratification of feeling like a lawyer that I have never felt when dealing…

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Backstory of China’s Anticorruption Supervision Commission

When I wrote the paper The Rise of Party Commission of Discipline & Inspection (1927-2012) three years ago, I thought…

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Huawei’s ownership: Huawei’s statement and my response

A paper on Huawei’s ownership structure recently posted by Christopher Balding and me has elicited a response from Huawei and…

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Dagong bond rating agency taken over after licenses suspended

The Financial Times reports that the Dagong bond rating agency has been taken over by a state-owned investment company after…

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Who Owns Huawei?

Christopher Balding and I have just written a short paper on this question. Spoiler alert: not the employees.

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