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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Comparing US and Chinese acquittal rates: apples and oranges?

After my last post on Chinese acquittal rates, I heard from Prof. David Johnson of the University of Hawai‘i (whose…

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China’s low acquittal rates: interesting statistics

I’ve been looking through a recent massive collection of Chinese court statistics going from 1949 to 2016 (人民法院司法统计历史典籍) (“People’s Court…

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Rebranding of weiwen and rebirth of Zhou Yongkang’s stability maintenance committee 解析平安中国建设协调小组和中央综治委

The latest Ping’an China Small-Group re-erects the stability maintenance steering machine that had grown significantly under Zhou Yongkang but was…

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How does China wield influence in the World Health Organization—and other international organizations?

Given the recent controversies with the World Health Organization (WHO) and China, people have been wondering about China’s influence over…

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