Jerome A. Cohen, 1930-2025

On Monday night I received the very sad news that Jerome Cohen had passed away that day at 95. Jerry…

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Millward and Daum on Xinjiang and social credit (repost)

I just discovered that the post below, originally from 2022, is mysteriously unavailable now — you just get a message…

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In Memoriam: Stanley Bernard Lubman (March 29, 1934 – October 29, 2024)

Stanley Lubman, a beloved colleague and a giant in the field, passed away last October. I’ve collected some tributes here…

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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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Tributes to Rob Britt, East Asian law librarian extraordinaire, d. June 23, 2023

I was very sorry to hear of the passing last month of Rob Britt. Rob was the librarian in charge…

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The 9-dash line, the Barbie movie, and media failures

Recently there’s been a lot of traffic on China Twitter pillorying Hollywood for allegedly repeating Chinese propaganda talking points by…

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Tsinghua China Law Review call for papers: deadline April 1, 2023

Tsinghua China Law Review is issuing a call for papers for its vol. 15, no. 2 issue. They sent me…

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Hu Fuming passes away from Covid

Hu Fuming (胡福明), author of the famous May 1978 article “Practice is the sole criterion of truth” (实践是检验真理的唯一标准), passed away…

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Millward & Daum on Xinjiang and social credit

Here’s an informative Twitter exchange between James Millward and Jeremy Daum on Xinjiang and the social credit system: Millward Daum

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Resource center for lawyers and academics on countering extraditions to China

Safeguard Defenders has launched a resource center on extraditions to China. They describe it as follows: As the first of…

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