Overreactions to the WeChat ban

The ban on WeChat will not cut people in the US off from their friends and family in China. They…

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Hong Kong and Xinjiang

It’s worth starting to think through the Hong Kong – Xinjiang comparison for understanding why what might be coming down…

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Amnesty International seeks Regional Director for East and Southeast Asia & the Pacific

Here’s the job announcement. Application deadline: Aug. 18.

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Joseph Raz letter to Tsinghua University president criticizing firing of Xu Zhangrun

Joseph Raz, perhaps the most distinguished living legal philosopher writing in English (or any language), has sent a letter to…

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Cultural Revolution, Again? What next approaching 2022?

A conversation between Carl Minzner and Ling Li   Carl Minzner and I discussed about what it might mean when…

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Article 38 of Hong Kong’s National Security Law: Yes, they want to get you

In an earlier blog post on Article 38 of the National Security Law, I noted — as have many others…

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New political-legal rectification campaign 2020-2021

A new nation-wide rectification campaign targeting political-legal institutions, incl. courts, procuratorates, police, prisons, administrative body for lawyers… It’ll begin in…

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Hong Kong’s National Security Law: how dangerous is Article 38?

Many people who live outside of mainland China and Hong Kong and who have been critical of the Chinese Party-state…

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Hong Kong’s National Security Law: a first look

It’s not the substantive crimes and their definitions that count; it’s the institutions that will investigate, prosecute, and judge them…

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Literal lawlessness in HK for PRC officials

Sometimes people misuse the word “literally”. Not me, at least not here. Article 48 of the new Law of the…

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