Cornell Law School seeks professor specializing in “Far East law and culture”

I use quotation marks not to be ironic, but simply because that’s how they describe the post. I assume it’s…

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University of British Columbia Faculty of Law (Peter A. Allard School of Law) seeks professor of Chinese law

Looks like a great opportunity for the right person. Lots of Chinese law talent there already; I’m surprised (but gratified)…

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Congratulations to Oxford prof Matthew Erie for big grant on “Illiberal Law & Development: China and the World”

Here’s the announcement.

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City University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law seeks dean

Here’s the announcement. My understanding is that they would prefer someone who knows something about Chinese law.

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Two new senior China positions open at the US government

Here’s the announcement and description on Mark Cohen’s ChinaIPR blog.

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Fellowships at the Congressional-Executive Commission on China

Here’s the link: https://www.cecc.gov/about/employment-opportunities    

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Respect but verify: Supreme Court declines to give conclusive deference to Chinese government statements about Chinese law

Earlier this month, the Supreme Court came down with a 9-0 decision in Animal Science Products, Inc. v. Hebei Welcome…

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Jiang Shigong on Xi Jinping and socialism with Chinese characteristics: an empty vessel

Jiang Shigong (强世功) is a distinguished professor at Peking University’s Faculty of Law and a smart guy. Over the last…

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Bad news for Chinese capital markets

The first sentence of this news story gives me a sinking feeling: “China’s securities regulator has called for the improvement…

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First reported death in liuzhi detention

China recently instituted the Supervisory Commission system as a way of replacing (and putting on a sound legal footing) the…

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