Chinese authorities ignoring Chinese law again

This is kind of dog-bites-man news, but here we go again. A German executive resident in China has been deported…

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Rural land reform in the Third Plenum Decision

I haven’t come across any reports of what I think is a pretty momentous section of the Decision of the…

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Zhang Wanhong, 1976-2024

Today I received the sad news that Professor Zhang Wanhong of Wuhan University, a man greatly respected and admired in…

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Follow-up on the fate of China Judgments Online

(Also on Substack.) The latest Supreme People’s Court Work Report provides some information about China Judgments Online and the new…

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Chinese law aspects of the TikTok affair

(This post is also on Substack.) I hear people saying that China would block ByteDance’s divestment of TikTok or forbid…

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The end of China Judgments Online?

I’ve just written a Substack post on a recent Supreme People’s Court document that is causing a stir in China.…

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What Does the Report About Spavor’s Settlement Demand Tell Us?

“Aha – I knew it! Told ya so.” That, in so many words, is the reaction from some people I’m…

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Liability of Chinese citizens for crimes committed overseas: the Ting Ye case

I just heard from a friend about the Ting Ye case (reported here and here). Ye, a 26-year-old Chinese national,…

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China’s Foreign State Immunity Law: some comments

On September 1, 2023, China’s National People’s Congress Standing Committee passed the Foreign State Immunity Law, to take effect on…

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China’s Foreign Relations Law: some comments

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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