“Low-end” people in China

Yesterday I blogged about the response of He Weifang and others to the sudden expulsion from Beijing of large numbers…

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He Weifang is pissed!

Over the past few days there has been quite a bit of controversy in China over the government’s decision to…

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Legislative activity around the National Anthem Law

A question recently came up on the Chinalaw listserv regarding some Chinese news reports about (a) PRC legislation providing criminal…

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China’s new Civil Code and the Good Samaritan law

I was reminded by a recent article on Xinhuanet that China’s new General Rules of Civil Law (which I discussed…

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IP attache position at US consulate in Guangzhou

The US Department of Commerce has an opening for the IP Attaché in Guangzhou; more details at the China IPR…

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Chinese court enforces US judgment

This is big news. Chinese civil procedure allows Chinese courts to enforce foreign judgments (provided they don’t offend public policy)…

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Another giveaway of state assets to real estate developers

I just came across an interesting story about how the city of Changsha, the capital of Hunan province, aims to…

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Glenn Tiffert on China’s insidious digital censorship

Glenn Tiffert, a historian currently doing a post-doc at University of Michigan, has written a terrific paper [updated version from that originally…

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Possible East Asian law post at University of Akron Law School

I received the following announcement from Matt Wilson. Matt is (among other things) a Japanese law scholar, a professor at…

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USCC seeks policy analyst

The US-China Economic and Security Review Commission is looking for a new policy analyst to join the Economics and Trade team.…

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