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The return of Lu Shaye: China’s least diplomatic diplomat is back on the scene

The return of Lu Shaye: China’s least diplomatic diplomat is back on the scene

February 6, 2025 Donald Clarke

Lu Shaye, a well known wolf warrior in China’s diplomatic corps, has been appointed China’s special representative for European affairs…

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Posted in: Academic Freedom, International relations, Law

A dark echo of transnational repression: Taiwan 40 years ago

October 11, 2024 Yu-Jie Chen

Phelim Kine’s China Watcher in Politico this issue features “When Taiwan Assassinated an American Citizen,” drawing attention to the 40th…

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Posted in: International relations, Taiwan

China’s Foreign Relations Law: some comments

July 24, 2023 Donald Clarke

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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Posted in: International relations, Law

China adopts restrictive theory of foreign state immunity

April 12, 2023 Donald Clarke

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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Posted in: International relations, Law

European Court of Human Rights effectively bars all extraditions to China

November 4, 2022 Donald Clarke

On Oct. 6, 2022, the European Court of Human Rights issued a decision, Liu v. Poland, that effectively bars states…

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Posted in: International relations, Law Filed under: extradition

Charles Lieber’s Conviction as a ‘Victory’ for the China Initiative

December 22, 2021 Margaret Lewis 3 Comments

Dr. Charles Lieber, the former Chair of Harvard University’s Chemistry and Chemical Biology Department, was convicted yesterday of six criminal…

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Posted in: International relations, Law Filed under: China Initiative, Criminal law, Department of Justice, research security

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

August 1, 2021 Donald Clarke

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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Posted in: Economics, International relations, Non-China commentary

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

June 15, 2021 Donald Clarke

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

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Posted in: International relations, Law Filed under: extradition, Kyung Yup Kim
Anyone who does not sing Beijing’s song will be punished

Anyone who does not sing Beijing’s song will be punished

March 24, 2021 Donald Clarke

The following is a guest post by Prof. Andreas Fulda of the University of Nottingham. It began life as a…

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Posted in: International relations
China denies consular access to Spavor & Kovrig trials, breaching consular agreement

China denies consular access to Spavor & Kovrig trials, breaching consular agreement

March 18, 2021 Donald Clarke

In a move that will surprise absolutely nobody, China will refuse to allow Canadian diplomats (or indeed, any foreigners, I…

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