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Yunnan will NOT abolish ‘hukou’ system

Posted on 2007-11-03 by Jeremy Goldkorn

An earlier post on Danwei suggested that Yunnan Province was about to abolish the ‘hukou’ system, which is a relic old Chinese economy based on work units and local registrations that made casual migration almost impossible. While the Chinese economy … Continue reading →

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Property for the masses

Posted on 2007-10-20 by maya

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

Posted on 2007-09-07 by Joel Martinsen

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

Posted on 2007-09-07 by maya

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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The case against a film rating system

Posted on 2007-03-31 by Joel Martinsen

An Outlook Weekly (瞭望新闻周刊) op-ed argues in favor of delaying a film rating system for the Chinese movie industry.

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How much money does a Beijing lawyer make?

Posted on 2005-06-20 by Mauro Marescialli

Today’s edition of the Legal Mirror (法制晚报) featured a new financial column called ‘Checking Your Pockets’ (钱包大兜底). The aim of the column is to inform the readers about how much money people in selected industries make in Beijing. To pay respect to its name, Legal Mirror kicked off with lawyers.

Here are the results of the report:

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