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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Impeachment of South Korean president: legal criteria

I’m going to go a bit off track in this post, which is not about Chinese law at all. Instead,…

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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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A dark echo of transnational repression: Taiwan 40 years ago

Phelim Kine’s China Watcher in Politico this issue features “When Taiwan Assassinated an American Citizen,” drawing attention to the 40th…

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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 Penn Project on the Future of U.S.-China Relations: Call for fellowship applications

The Penn Project on the Future of U.S.-China Relations has issued a call for fellowship applications. Eligibility: Early to mid…

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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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