Archive - Chinese Law Notes

Below is a guest post introducing Zhang Jun written by Grace (Yu) Mou of the Department of Law of the School of Oriental & African Studies, University…

Mar 26

On Feb. 17, I wrote that there was no plausible legislative basis for the detention of Bao Fan without notice to anyone. I have to take that back…

Mar 5

February 2023

A recent article in the WSJ answered the above question in the affirmative. Unfortunately, neither the authors nor their editors thought it might be a…

Feb 25

China's current political system has been in place since 1949: 74 years ago. Xi Jinping has been in power for more than 10 years. And yet the government…

Feb 17

January 2023

As currently drafted, the bill would prohibit dual citizens with citizenship in the target countries from owning land. On the other hand, it wouldn't…

Jan 27

Sorry about the pledge request

Jan 3

Many China scholars think yes. I think no. Here's why.

Jan 3

December 2022

Greetings. I am currently a professor at the George Washington University Law School, where my teaching and research focus on modern Chinese (PRC) law…

Dec 20, 2022

This is Chinese Law Notes, a newsletter about Commentary on modern Chinese law (mostly PRC) and related topics.

Dec 19, 2022

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