Archive - Chinese Law Notes

Inequality in China: Xi talks the talk, but doesn't walk the walk

China's 2018 reforms to the individual income tax system actually increased inequality

May 30 •

March 2025

World War Two-related Chinese lawsuits against Japan

Three lawsuits in Chinese courts over the past 11 years have gone nowhere, sinking without a trace.

Mar 24 •

Follow-up to "Chinese authorities ignoring Chinese law again"

This is a follow-up to my post of last October [The China Collection | Chinese Law Notes] about the police ignoring Chinese law—or in effect making up…

Mar 11 •

Red light for rural land reform

After a number of signs over the years that China’s rural land tenure system would be reformed to match its urban land tenure system, China’s leadership…

Mar 6 •

February 2025

The return of Lu Shaye

China's least diplomatic diplomat is back on the scene

Feb 7 •

December 2024

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 from friends and colleagues.

Dec 26, 2024 •

Impeachment of South Korean president: legal criteria

The answer to a question you might not have been asking

Dec 17, 2024 •

October 2024

Chinese authorities ignoring Chinese law again

Can they lawfully impose a sentence of 10 days' administrative detention for consuming cocaine outside of China? No.

Oct 25, 2024 •

August 2024

Rural land reform in the Third Plenum Decision

The Decision promises to make the rural land regime just like the urban land regime by 2029. That's a big [insert Bidenism here] deal!

Aug 9, 2024 •

June 2024

Zhang Wanhong, 1976-2024

Today I received the sad news that Professor Zhang Wanhong of Wuhan University, a man greatly respected and admired in the Chinese law community both…

Jun 30, 2024 •

April 2024

Follow-up on the fate of China Judgments Online

The latest Supreme People's Court Work Report provides some information about China Judgments Online and the new People's Court Case Database

Apr 11, 2024 •

Chinese law aspects of the TikTok affair

I hear people saying that China would block ByteDance's divestment of TikTok or forbid the export of the TikTok algorithm. Is there any basis in Chinese…

Apr 6, 2024 •

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