Category Archives: Law

The story of a real prison break

Southern Weekly (南方周末) looks at the Xie Wanli (谢万礼) prison break case.

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Trial by media and the rule of law

Teng Yun (滕云) says that the re-evaluation of the Xu Ting (许霆) ATM case is no cause for celebration.

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Beijing 2008: China’s Ten Commandments for a Civilized Olympics

With less than 8 months until the opening ceremony, Beijingers no longer need to worry about how to behave during the Olympic Games. Construction sites all over the city have been wrapped with a new advertising campaign aiming to educate … Continue reading

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Scholars and peasants vs. re-education through labor

Mao Yushi, He Weifang and other scholars send a letter attacking re-education through labor (劳动教养 劳教). Chen Chao sues in Henan.

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Three stories about voting

Southern Weekly (南方周末) prints three letters about voting in this week’s Review section (评论).

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Rift in Sino-US intellectual property dialogue blamed on WTO case

On Monday, China prevented the World Trade Organization (WTO) from establishing an expert panel to arbitrate the intellectual property (IPR) case filed in April by the US.

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Property for the masses

Income from property supported by the CPC? What does it all mean?

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A 45,000-yuan helping hand: common sense, decency, and crowded public transportation

On 20 November, 2006, at around 9:30 in the morning, Ms. Xu, a 65-year-old woman, was knocked to the ground and broke her hip trying to board a bus in Nanjing. Who was responsible?

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WTO suit brews; China establishes patent centers

As a non-adversarial approach to IPR enforcement that transforms the Chinese from “bad guys” into stakeholders, these in-house patent resource centers seem promising.

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Porn crackdown targets online fiction

Coinciding with a Wired magazine article hailing China’s burgeoning market for online novels, China announced a crackdown on obscene online fiction. The dragnet has already snared 348 websites, accused of publishing “disgusting” written content that could “easily poison the minds … Continue reading

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