Beaconism and the Trumpian Metamorphosis of Chinese Liberal Intellectuals

“Civilizational beaconism, sharing with its nationalistic counterpart—civilizational vindicativism—the heritages of scientific racism and social Darwinism imported in late-Qing, renders the…

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A guide to China’s draft Civil Code

The National People’s Congress is reviewing a draft Civil Code as we speak. Here to guide you through it in…

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Taiwan’s meaningful participation in the World Health Organization would implement, not violate, UN principles

WHO and governments around the world would benefit from this principled reform. By Jerome A. Cohen and Yu-Jie Chen When SARS traumatized Asia…

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Margaret Lewis, “Criminalizing China”

“People and entities who have connections to the governing party-state structure of the PRC have engaged in trade secret theft…

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The Supreme People’s Court has effectively stopped being an appeal court as of right

An increased minimum amount-in-controversy requirement for Higher People’s Courts means that almost all cases will have to start at the…

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Taiwan and the World Health Assembly: the politics of invitation

WHO Director-General Tedros’ decision not to invite Taiwan to this year’s WHA is an endorsement of China’s politics towards Taiwan,…

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Criminal convictions for “stirring up ethnic hatred”: startling statistics

Not surprisingly, ethnic minorities are convicted of the crime of stirring up ethnic hatred at a far higher rate than…

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Who controls Huawei? Another look

A new paper by Tim Rühlig provides the most detailed analysis of the governance structure of Huawei that has been…

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Discussion: how come China’s courts acquitted more people during the Cultural Revolution than they do now?

Prof. Clarke’s recent post show that the acquittal rates in 1966-1969 were nearly 25 times higher than that of 2013-2016.…

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Just out: a thoughtful paper on Taiwan’s regulatory response to the COVID-19 pandemic

I just came across this paper, posted April 21, 2020 on the Social Science Research Network: Lin, Ching-Fu; Wu, Chien-Huei;…

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