Liability of Chinese citizens for crimes committed overseas: the Ting Ye case

I just heard from a friend about the Ting Ye case (reported here and here). Ye, a 26-year-old Chinese national,…

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China’s Foreign State Immunity Law: some comments

On September 1, 2023, China’s National People’s Congress Standing Committee passed the Foreign State Immunity Law, to take effect on…

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Tributes to Rob Britt, East Asian law librarian extraordinaire, d. June 23, 2023

I was very sorry to hear of the passing last month of Rob Britt. Rob was the librarian in charge…

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China’s Foreign Relations Law: some comments

China’s Foreign Relations Law: Some Comments China’s Foreign Relations Law (FRL) [English | Chinese] came into effect this month. There…

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The 9-dash line, the Barbie movie, and media failures

Recently there’s been a lot of traffic on China Twitter pillorying Hollywood for allegedly repeating Chinese propaganda talking points by…

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USCC hearing May 4th on “Rule by Law: China’s Increasingly Global Legal Reach”

I and several other folks from the Chinese law world will be testifying tomorrow (May 4th) before the U.S.-China Economic…

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China adopts restrictive theory of foreign state immunity

In a major change from its long-standing position, China’s draft law on foreign state immunity adopts what’s called the restrictive…

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Zhang Jun: the new President of China’s Supreme People’s Court

Below is a guest post introducing Zhang Jun written by Grace (Yu) Mou of the Department of Law of the…

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Tsinghua China Law Review call for papers: deadline April 1, 2023

Tsinghua China Law Review is issuing a call for papers for its vol. 15, no. 2 issue. They sent me…

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Are Chinese courts out to nab Western technology? Comments from an expert

A recent article in the Wall Street Journal answered the above question in the affirmative. I assumed upon starting to…

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