Trade agreements versus memoranda of understanding

Given the recent public contretemps between Donald Trump and USTR Robert Lighthizer over the difference between a memorandum of understanding…

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Introducing two new co-bloggers

It’s my pleasure to welcome two new co-bloggers here: Ling Li and Nils Pelzer. Ling is a Lecturer in the…

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Get $45,000 to study Chinese for a year: National Bureau of Asian Research Chinese Language Fellowship

I quote from the announcement: The Chinese Language Fellowship Program (CLFP) is a nationwide initiative designed to support American PhD…

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Salaried positions for PhD candidates in Chinese law-related project at Leiden University

The project is led by Rogier Creemers. Here’s the announcement.

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Mainland Chinese civil & commercial judgments now enforceable in Hong Kong

China (represented by the Supreme People’s Court) and Hong Kong have just entered into an arrangement that significantly changes (by…

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Chinese lawyers and law professors assess the Schellenberg case

Here’s an excellent post over at China Change translating comments from Chinese lawyers and law professors on the Schellenberg case.…

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China’s death-threat diplomacy

Last week I wrote about China’s hostage diplomacy. Now the Chinese government has forced me to use a new headline.…

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China’s hostage diplomacy and the Schellenberg case

I just posted a commentary on the above topic over at the Lawfare blog. If you don’t know what the…

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First they came for the Canadians…

I have just published an op-ed in the Washington Post on the cases of detained Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael…

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The Huawei arrest case: what if China did the same thing?

In my part of the internet, the wires are burning up over the arrest in Canada, for extradition to the…

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