Salaried positions for PhD candidates in Chinese law-related project at Leiden University

The project is led by Rogier Creemers. Here’s the announcement.

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Mainland Chinese civil & commercial judgments now enforceable in Hong Kong

China (represented by the Supreme People’s Court) and Hong Kong have just entered into an arrangement that significantly changes (by…

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Chinese lawyers and law professors assess the Schellenberg case

Here’s an excellent post over at China Change translating comments from Chinese lawyers and law professors on the Schellenberg case.…

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China’s death-threat diplomacy

Last week I wrote about China’s hostage diplomacy. Now the Chinese government has forced me to use a new headline.…

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China’s hostage diplomacy and the Schellenberg case

I just posted a commentary on the above topic over at the Lawfare blog. If you don’t know what the…

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First they came for the Canadians…

I have just published an op-ed in the Washington Post on the cases of detained Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael…

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The Huawei arrest case: what if China did the same thing?

In my part of the internet, the wires are burning up over the arrest in Canada, for extradition to the…

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Controversy about Chinese students at Bard College: not what it appears to be on the surface

I’ve never been to Bard College, but it has always been a little special to me, since that’s where Donald…

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No, new Xinjiang legislation does not legalize detention centers

A lot of recent news reporting and commentary has been saying that recent Xinjiang legislation has legalized the mass detention…

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The Xinjiang Initiative

The Xinjiang Initiative is a project to raise awareness about the terrible things happening in Xinjiang right now. I urge…

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