More on the legal aspects of the Xinjiang detentions

Last October, I posted a piece on the Lawfare blog about legal aspects—under Chinese domestic law—of the Xinjiang detentions. Earlier…

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Chinese law in 55 minutes: a podcast

I had an enjoyable chat about Chinese law the other day with Jordan Schneider, host of the ChinaEconTalk podcast. Here’s…

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On Nazi comparisons

On a China-related internet discussion group of which I’m a member, there was recently an exchange about the appropriateness of…

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Party Rules 101 – Are all Party Committees the same? Answer is NO.

Explaining Party rules gives me the strange gratification of feeling like a lawyer that I have never felt when dealing…

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Backstory of China’s Anticorruption Supervision Commission

When I wrote the paper The Rise of Party Commission of Discipline & Inspection (1927-2012) three years ago, I thought…

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Huawei’s ownership: Huawei’s statement and my response

A paper on Huawei’s ownership structure recently posted by Christopher Balding and me has elicited a response from Huawei and…

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Who Owns Huawei?

Christopher Balding and I have just written a short paper on this question. Spoiler alert: not the employees.

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The Zhong Lun declaration to the FCC on Huawei’s obligations under Chinese law

Last May, two attorneys from the Zhong Lun law firm submitted a declaration to the FCC in support of Huawei’s…

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Trade agreements versus memoranda of understanding

Given the recent public contretemps between Donald Trump and USTR Robert Lighthizer over the difference between a memorandum of understanding…

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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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