Millward & Daum on Xinjiang and social credit

Here’s an informative Twitter exchange between James Millward and Jeremy Daum on Xinjiang and the social credit system: Millward Daum

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The use of cases by Chinese courts

Many thanks to Susan Finder of the Supreme People’s Court Monitor blog for posting a fascinating piece by her student,…

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Resource center for lawyers and academics on countering extraditions to China

Safeguard Defenders has launched a resource center on extraditions to China. They describe it as follows: As the first of…

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The speech isn’t free but the book is: William Farris, “State Prosecutions of Speech in the People’s Republic of China”

William Farris has just published (and made available free online) his labor of love: a magnificent casebook covering criminal prosecutions…

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The Uyghur Tribunal judgment: some comments

On Dec. 9, the Uyghur Tribunal issued its summary judgment on the Chinese government’s responsibility for what is happening in…

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Who should decide the future of Taiwan?

The other day on Twitter I quoted Tsai Ing-wen and posed a question: “We believe that the Taiwanese people should…

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Residential surveillance at a designated location: five major problems

Here’s the original text and a translation (by myself and my RA Changyun Pan) of a recent insightful article by…

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New University in Exile Consortium seeks teaching assistant for online China course

Here’s the job description: The Consortium seeks a student teaching assistant (must be a graduate student) for 10 hours per…

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The Manning/Burrows article on Biden’s “democracy agenda”: what they get wrong

A recent article by Robert Manning and Mathew Burrows, The Problem with Biden’s Democracy Agenda, criticizes Biden for his supposed…

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The New Zealand Supreme Court’s troubling decision on extradition to China

On June 4th, the New Zealand Supreme Court came out with a decision on extradition to China that I find…

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