Category Archives: Law

Chongqing man stuns press by conjuring up 30,000 RMB

The Chongqing Economic Times reports on a man who conjured up 30,000 RMB.

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Courts can mediate, but enforcement is another matter

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

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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The prosecutors strike back: no revenge on informants

A denial in Procuratorial Daily of the claim that 70% of informants face some form of revenge.

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Messing around with public hearings

A public hearing on the price of water had ringers in the consumer delegation. Journalist Teng Yun argues that even conducted above-board, hearings are still useless.

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In Inner Mongolia, justice denied and then delayed

Hugejiltu was executed in 1996 for murder. In 2005, a serial rapist and murderer confessed to the crime, but authorities are not pursuing the case.

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New developments in the Kunming prostitution case

Wu Hongfei writes with an update on the Yunnan prostitution case.

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The right to refuse to “chat”: Liu Xiaoyuan on Ai Weiwei’s police visit

Liu Xiaoyuan explains the logic behind “chats” after Ai Weiwei gets a visit from the police.

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Dueling statements in the Deng Yujiao murder case

Deng Yujiao’s lawyers were dismissed, the local government said. Says who? they reply.

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Sexual harassment defined for the first time in Beijing

The 11th session of the Standing Committee of the thirteenth National People’s Congress of Beijing this year had four main suggestions, one was drafting in Beijing the PRC Women’s Rights Protection Law.

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