The Penn Project on the Future of U.S.-China Relations: Call for fellowship applications

The Penn Project on the Future of U.S.-China Relations has issued a call for fellowship applications. Eligibility: Early to mid…

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The end of China Judgments Online?

I’ve just written a Substack post on a recent Supreme People’s Court document that is causing a stir in China.…

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Great opportunity: Twp-year post-JD research fellowship in Chinese law at Columbia Law School

Details here: https://chinese-legal-studies.law.columbia.edu/content/postdoctoral-research-scholar

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What Does the Report About Spavor’s Settlement Demand Tell Us?

“Aha – I knew it! Told ya so.” That, in so many words, is the reaction from some people I’m…

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Liability of Chinese citizens for crimes committed overseas: the Ting Ye case

I just heard from a friend about the Ting Ye case (reported here and here). Ye, a 26-year-old Chinese national,…

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China’s Foreign State Immunity Law: some comments

On September 1, 2023, China’s National People’s Congress Standing Committee passed the Foreign State Immunity Law, to take effect on…

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Tributes to Rob Britt, East Asian law librarian extraordinaire, d. June 23, 2023

I was very sorry to hear of the passing last month of Rob Britt. Rob was the librarian in charge…

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China’s Foreign Relations Law: some comments

China’s Foreign Relations Law: Some Comments China’s Foreign Relations Law (FRL) [English | Chinese] came into effect this month. There…

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The 9-dash line, the Barbie movie, and media failures

Recently there’s been a lot of traffic on China Twitter pillorying Hollywood for allegedly repeating Chinese propaganda talking points by…

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USCC hearing May 4th on “Rule by Law: China’s Increasingly Global Legal Reach”

I and several other folks from the Chinese law world will be testifying tomorrow (May 4th) before the U.S.-China Economic…

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