New article:《港版國安法》:香港法治的破洞、人權的缺口 (The National Security Law for Hong Kong: Infringements of Hong Kong’s Rule of Law and Human Rights)

For the past four months, I’ve written a series of Chinese-language essays about the National Security Law (NSL) for Hong…

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Hong Kong and Xinjiang

It’s worth starting to think through the Hong Kong – Xinjiang comparison for understanding why what might be coming down…

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Article 38 of Hong Kong’s National Security Law: Yes, they want to get you

In an earlier blog post on Article 38 of the National Security Law, I noted — as have many others…

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Hong Kong’s National Security Law: how dangerous is Article 38?

Many people who live outside of mainland China and Hong Kong and who have been critical of the Chinese Party-state…

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A critique of Taiwan’s “humanitarian assistance action plan for Hong Kong citizens”

Yesterday the Taiwan government finally released the much-anticipated “humanitarian assistance action plan for Hong Kong citizens.” Here are the details…

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Hong Kong mask regulation case: the Legislative Affairs Commission strikes back

The Legislative Affairs Commission (LAC) of the National People’s Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) has issued a statement (Xinhua report in…

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Hong Kong High Court decision invalidating mask ban

On November 18, 2019, the High Court of Hong Kong (Court of First Instance) rendered a judgment on a challenge…

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Remarkable results of Hong Kong poll

Mingpao and the Chinese University of Hong Kong’s School of Journalism have released the results of their latest opinion poll,…

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Mainland Chinese civil & commercial judgments now enforceable in Hong Kong

China (represented by the Supreme People’s Court) and Hong Kong have just entered into an arrangement that significantly changes (by…

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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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