China does not need a Good Samaritan law

If you’ve been following the latest scandalous news from China, my headline might seem a little contrarian. But I mean…

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Pro-Beijing lawyer says Hong Kong’s subsoil not under Hong Kong’s jurisdiction

In what will surely go down in legal history as one of the silliest arguments ever advanced without giggling, Alan…

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China’s land counterrevolution

A piece I wrote on recent developments in Chinese land law just got published in the web edition of Foreign…

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Why predictions of the RMB becoming an international reserve currency are overhyped: a data point

Yesterday the Wall Street Journal reported that brokerages and funds in Shanghai and Shenzhen had received instructions from securities regulators…

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Jerome Cohen’s memoirs, chapter 2

Just about anyone reading this blog will know that Jerry Cohen is one of the founders of Chinese law studies…

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The tightening squeeze on freedom of speech

It used to be confidently asserted by many that there was a lot of freedom of speech in China provided…

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2016 Annual Report on Demolition in China

Here’s something interesting I just came across: the 2016 Annual Report on Demolition in China (2016中国拆迁年度报告). Apparently it’s the seventh…

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