Chinese student at University of Minnesota jailed for tweets made while in the US: a legal analysis

More bad news for those who claim that China’s political system is of no concern to those outside of China:…

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Good analysis of US-China trade deal

The internet is awash with analyses of the US-China trade deal; here’s a very good one from Weihuan Zhou and…

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The US-China Trade Agreement: English and Chinese texts, plus a few comments

Here are the English and Chinese texts of the trade agreement signed yesterday. I’ve archived them at the perma.cc site…

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A quick guide to the new Commission on Comprehensive Governance according to Law (CCGAL)

What is the Central Party CCGAL? It is a newly established decision-making body at the highest rank that is mandated…

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Very interesting paralegal/RA opening in NYC

My friend and colleague Aaron Halegua is looking for a paralegal/RA to assist in various China-related cases and projects. The…

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New regulations on designation of carriers of intangible cultural heritage

China’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism has just promulgated regulations on how to go about the official designation of particular…

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Kovrig/Spavor cases forwarded to procuracy

Just yesterday (Dec. 9) I wrote about the Kovrig/Spavor cases, noting that the deadline for the police to forward the…

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Kovrig/Spavor timetable

Tomorrow is the first anniversary of the detentions of Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor. Both were formally arrested (逮捕) apparently…

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NPCSC opens online platform for requests to review substatutory documents

Here’s a very informative post on this at the NPC Observer blog.

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The Wang Liqiang spy/defector story: real or fake?

Apologies for the last post, which went out without a title.

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