Post-doctoral fellowships at Lund University in China’s, Japan’s, and/or Korea’s contemporary society

Here’s the announcement. Application deadline: August 10.

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Meng Wanzhou loses in BC Supreme Court

Meng Wanzhou lost her bid to end extradition proceedings on the grounds that her acts, as alleged, would not constitute…

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Beaconism and the Trumpian Metamorphosis of Chinese Liberal Intellectuals

“Civilizational beaconism, sharing with its nationalistic counterpart—civilizational vindicativism—the heritages of scientific racism and social Darwinism imported in late-Qing, renders the…

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A guide to China’s draft Civil Code

The National People’s Congress is reviewing a draft Civil Code as we speak. Here to guide you through it in…

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Taiwan’s meaningful participation in the World Health Organization would implement, not violate, UN principles

WHO and governments around the world would benefit from this principled reform. By Jerome A. Cohen and Yu-Jie Chen When SARS traumatized Asia…

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Margaret Lewis, “Criminalizing China”

“People and entities who have connections to the governing party-state structure of the PRC have engaged in trade secret theft…

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The Supreme People’s Court has effectively stopped being an appeal court as of right

An increased minimum amount-in-controversy requirement for Higher People’s Courts means that almost all cases will have to start at the…

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Taiwan and the World Health Assembly: the politics of invitation

WHO Director-General Tedros’ decision not to invite Taiwan to this year’s WHA is an endorsement of China’s politics towards Taiwan,…

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Criminal convictions for “stirring up ethnic hatred”: startling statistics

Not surprisingly, ethnic minorities are convicted of the crime of stirring up ethnic hatred at a far higher rate than…

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Who controls Huawei? Another look

A new paper by Tim Rühlig provides the most detailed analysis of the governance structure of Huawei that has been…

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