“Rule of law” versus “law and order”

“If the rule of law aims to minimize arbitrariness, then law and order has as its primary concern non-restlessness. Its…

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Inspection of auditors of Chinese firms listed in the US: more developments

President Trump has issued a Presidential Memorandum directing his Working Group on Financial Markets to discuss, and issue within 60…

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Who exactly is “the state” in China?

One of the interesting issues that has cropped up in the various lawsuits filed in US courts against “China” (broadly…

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Great tool for analyzing changes in the Civil Code

The Beida Fabao website has posted an excellent tool for analyzing the recently promulgated Civil Code, showing the history of,…

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Post-doctoral fellowships at Lund University in China’s, Japan’s, and/or Korea’s contemporary society

Here’s the announcement. Application deadline: August 10.

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Meng Wanzhou loses in BC Supreme Court

Meng Wanzhou lost her bid to end extradition proceedings on the grounds that her acts, as alleged, would not constitute…

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Beaconism and the Trumpian Metamorphosis of Chinese Liberal Intellectuals

“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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A guide to China’s draft Civil Code

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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Margaret Lewis, “Criminalizing China”

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

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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