Tag Archives: courts

Courts can mediate, but enforcement is another matter

Posted on 2010-07-07 by Joel Martinsen

In one Beijing district, half of all defendants who agree to court mediation don’t follow through, reports the Beijing Youth Daily.

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Court receives warning letter from local authorities in frog compensation case

Posted on 2010-06-30 by Joel Martinsen

The Beijing News reports on a land requisition lawsuit brought by a local frog farmer in which the court received a warning letter from a local party committee before handing down a verdict in the town’s favor.

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A court house for the Olympics

Posted on 2008-07-16 by admin

The Olympic Village People’s Court moved out of its temporary location in Yayuncun and into snazzy new digs between the Athletes’ Village and the Badaling Expressway.

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Is ad-blocking illegal? Coral QQ author arrested

Posted on 2007-09-30 by Joel Martinsen

Soff (aka Chen Shoufu 陈寿福), architect of Coral QQ (珊瑚虫) is arrested. Did Tencent pay off the cops?

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