US Supreme Court agrees to hear Vitamin C case

The Supreme Court decided today to hear a very important case revolving around the issue of how much deference US…

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A criminal lawyer’s take on the Patrick Ho case

Rob Precht contributed the following comment on the Patrick Ho case to the Chinalaw listserv; with his kind permission, I’m…

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Does English-language (or more broadly, “Western”) media focus too much on human rights issues in China?

[CORRECTION JAN. 8 2018: I have learned that the writer is a she. Please deem all relevant pronouns as changed…

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Legal jobs at Google Shanghai/Taipei

Part of what I hope can be this blog’s service to the community is the posting of job opportunities related…

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“Market economy status” in China’s WTO Protocol of Accession: No, the rule in Article 15(a) didn’t disappear after 2016

There’s currently a debate over whether China’s WTO trading partners should grant it “market economy status” (MES). The significance of…

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“Truth” online and policing online consumer reviews in China

The following is a guest post by Allen Clayton-Greene of the US-Asia Law Institute at NYU Law School. * *…

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New book: The People’s Republic of the Disappeared

Here’s a summary and review in the New York Times of an important new book, The People’s Republic of the…

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“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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