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China’s low acquittal rates: interesting statistics

China’s low acquittal rates: interesting statistics

May 5, 2020 Donald Clarke 5 Comments

I’ve been looking through a recent massive collection of Chinese court statistics going from 1949 to 2016 (人民法院司法统计历史典籍) (“People’s Court…

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Posted in: Law Filed under: acquittal rates, conviction rates, criminal procedure, statistics 1949-2016
Can you get around the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act by naming the Communist Party of China as a defendant?

Can you get around the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act by naming the Communist Party of China as a defendant?

April 23, 2020 Donald Clarke

The lawsuit filed by the Missouri attorney-general against various Chinese entities seeking compensation for COVID-19-related damages, unlike previous similar lawsuits,…

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Posted in: Law, Non-China commentary Filed under: coronavirus
Welcome to new blogger Yu-Jie Chen

Welcome to new blogger Yu-Jie Chen

April 22, 2020 Donald Clarke

I’m very pleased to have signed up Dr. Yu-Jie Chen as a co-blogger. Yu-Jie, who will join the Academia Sinica…

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Organ Procurement and Extrajudicial Execution in China: A Review of the Evidence

March 10, 2020 Donald Clarke

[Revised March 11, 2020 to remove repetitious material. My thanks to an alert reader.] Here is a blockbuster report from…

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Posted in: Law, Miscellaneous Filed under: organ harvesting

Excellent Caixin piece on COVID-19: who knew what and when

February 28, 2020 Donald Clarke

Caixin recently published a good piece on COVID-19; consistent with the Chinese government’s attitude toward good information about this disease,…

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Posted in: Miscellaneous Filed under: COVID-19

“I can say it, but you can’t say it.”

February 27, 2020 Donald Clarke 1 Comment

“Party, government, military, civilian, and academic, east, west, south, north, and center, the party leads everything” – Chinese Communist Party,…

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How to avoid your treaty obligations in one easy step: lessons from China

February 26, 2020 Donald Clarke 1 Comment

It is difficult to overstate the egregiousness of the Chinese government’s latest move against Gui Minhai, the Swedish writer and…

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Posted in: Law Filed under: Gui Minhai

Wuhan police “letter of reprimand” to Li Wenliang: translation and analysis

February 6, 2020 Donald Clarke 2 Comments

Li Wenliang is the doctor who first began spreading word of the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan (through a WeChat group)…

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Posted in: Law Filed under: Li Wenliang

Robert Lewis on the new Foreign Investment Law: a full employment bill for lawyers

February 3, 2020 Donald Clarke

Robert Lewis, an experienced China lawyer now Senior International Counsel at the Zhong Lun law firm, gave an interesting talk…

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Posted in: Law

Dog bites man: Party influence over business harms firm value

January 30, 2020 Donald Clarke 1 Comment

That sound you hear is the sigh of contentment upon seeing all my prejudices confirmed. Hey, I’m only human. But…

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