China adopts restrictive theory of foreign state immunity

In a major change from its long-standing position, China’s draft law on foreign state immunity adopts what’s called the restrictive…

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Zhang Jun: the new President of China’s Supreme People’s Court

Below is a guest post introducing Zhang Jun written by Grace (Yu) Mou of the Department of Law of the…

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Tsinghua China Law Review call for papers: deadline April 1, 2023

Tsinghua China Law Review is issuing a call for papers for its vol. 15, no. 2 issue. They sent me…

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Are Chinese courts out to nab Western technology? Comments from an expert

A recent article in the Wall Street Journal answered the above question in the affirmative. I assumed upon starting to…

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What the Bao Fan disappearance tells us about China’s legal system

It’s being reported that Bao Fan (包凡), the chairman and CEO of China Renaissance, has disappeared. (Here’s the announcement from…

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Texas bill to ban purchase of real estate by Chinese: some unintended consequences?

Texas state senator Lois Kolkhorst (R) has proposed to the state senate a bill that would ban “the purchase of…

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Hu Fuming passes away from Covid

Hu Fuming (胡福明), author of the famous May 1978 article “Practice is the sole criterion of truth” (实践是检验真理的唯一标准), passed away…

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Is China a dual state?

Is China a dual state in the sense of Ernst Fraenkel’s conception? I’ve been thinking about this a lot and…

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