Chinese lawyers and law professors assess the Schellenberg case

Here’s an excellent post over at China Change translating comments from Chinese lawyers and law professors on the Schellenberg case.…

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China’s death-threat diplomacy

Last week I wrote about China’s hostage diplomacy. Now the Chinese government has forced me to use a new headline.…

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China’s hostage diplomacy and the Schellenberg case

I just posted a commentary on the above topic over at the Lawfare blog. If you don’t know what the…

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First they came for the Canadians…

I have just published an op-ed in the Washington Post on the cases of detained Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael…

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The Huawei arrest case: what if China did the same thing?

In my part of the internet, the wires are burning up over the arrest in Canada, for extradition to the…

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No, new Xinjiang legislation does not legalize detention centers

A lot of recent news reporting and commentary has been saying that recent Xinjiang legislation has legalized the mass detention…

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Respect but verify: Supreme Court declines to give conclusive deference to Chinese government statements about Chinese law

Earlier this month, the Supreme Court came down with a 9-0 decision in Animal Science Products, Inc. v. Hebei Welcome…

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Bad news for Chinese capital markets

The first sentence of this news story gives me a sinking feeling: “China’s securities regulator has called for the improvement…

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First reported death in liuzhi detention

China recently instituted the Supervisory Commission system as a way of replacing (and putting on a sound legal footing) the…

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Outstanding new book on the Chinese legal system: “Embedded Courts,” by Ng & He

I just finished reading Embedded Courts by Kwai Hang Ng and Xin He. (I’ve linked to the Cambridge Univ. Press…

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