#freechinahostages campaign for Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor

Here is an open letter from Charles Parton about a new move in the campaign to free Michael Kovrig and…

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Welcome to new blogger Margaret Lewis!

I’m pleased to welcome another blogger to our stable: Margaret Lewis, Professor of Law at Seton Hall Law School. Maggie…

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Mapping the power of the Party Centre – Reading the Party Directive on the Operation of the Central Committee (Part II)

“Contrary to the popular assumption that the office of GPS is vested with boundless absolute power, the Directive has endowed…

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Recognizing those who have helped expose what’s going on in Xinjiang

Gady Epstein of The Economist follows up on The Economist’s cover story about Xinjiang with a Twitter thread here [permanent…

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“High quality” Uyghur labor traded on Baidu

Here’s a recent tweet from Prof. Timothy Grose. I’m posting the accompanying pictures below. “High quality” Uyghur labor virtually traded…

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Overreactions to the WeChat ban

The ban on WeChat will not cut people in the US off from their friends and family in China. They…

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Joseph Raz letter to Tsinghua University president criticizing firing of Xu Zhangrun

Joseph Raz, perhaps the most distinguished living legal philosopher writing in English (or any language), has sent a letter to…

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Cultural Revolution, Again? What next approaching 2022?

A conversation between Carl Minzner and Ling Li   Carl Minzner and I discussed about what it might mean when…

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Article 38 of Hong Kong’s National Security Law: Yes, they want to get you

In an earlier blog post on Article 38 of the National Security Law, I noted — as have many others…

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Hong Kong’s National Security Law: a first look

It’s not the substantive crimes and their definitions that count; it’s the institutions that will investigate, prosecute, and judge them…

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