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Year: 2020

Beaconism and the Trumpian Metamorphosis of Chinese Liberal Intellectuals

Beaconism and the Trumpian Metamorphosis of Chinese Liberal Intellectuals

May 25, 2020 Donald Clarke 1 Comment

“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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Posted in: Miscellaneous, Politics
A guide to China’s draft Civil Code

A guide to China’s draft Civil Code

May 22, 2020 Donald Clarke

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

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

May 14, 2020 Yu-Jie Chen

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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Posted in: International relations, Taiwan Filed under: COVID-19, International law, WHO
Margaret Lewis, “Criminalizing China”

Margaret Lewis, “Criminalizing China”

May 13, 2020 Donald Clarke 1 Comment

“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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Posted in: Law, Non-China commentary Filed under: China Initiative
The Supreme People’s Court has effectively stopped being an appeal court as of right

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

May 12, 2020 Donald Clarke

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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Posted in: Law
Taiwan and the World Health Assembly: the politics of invitation

Taiwan and the World Health Assembly: the politics of invitation

May 11, 2020 Yu-Jie Chen 1 Comment

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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Posted in: International relations, Taiwan Filed under: WHO
Criminal convictions for “stirring up ethnic hatred”: startling statistics

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

Donald Clarke 2 Comments

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

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Posted in: Law Filed under: minorities, statistics 1949-2016
Who controls Huawei? Another look

Who controls Huawei? Another look

Donald Clarke

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

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Posted in: Law, Miscellaneous Filed under: Huawei
Discussion: how come China’s courts acquitted more people during the Cultural Revolution than they do now?

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

Ling Li

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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Posted in: Law, Politics Filed under: CCP, courts, criminal justice, Cultural Revolution
Just out: a thoughtful paper on Taiwan’s regulatory response to the COVID-19 pandemic

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

May 8, 2020 Donald Clarke

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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Posted in: Law, Taiwan Filed under: coronavirus, COVID-19, Taiwan

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