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Welcome to The China Collection, a forum for discussion about current Chinese affairs, with a focus on law and politics. Who we are: https://xitter.gq/t.co/Fx7ve6PW6L.

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Rural land reform in the Third Plenum Decision: my take. wp.me/p8Gvcg-r2
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thechinacollection.org/chine… Chinese law aspects of the TikTok affair: my take.
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China’s Foreign Relations Law: some comments

China’s Foreign Relations Law: some comments

China’s Foreign Relations Law: Some Comments China’s Foreign Relations Law (FRL) [English | Chinese] came into effect this month. There has already been a reasonable amount of commentary on it, but...

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The 9-dash line, the Barbie movie, and media failures

The 9-dash line, the Barbie movie, and media failures

Recently there's been a lot of traffic on China Twitter pillorying Hollywood for allegedly repeating Chinese propaganda talking points by reproducing the infamous 9-dash line (which outlines China's...

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USCC hearing May 4th on “Rule by Law: China’s Increasingly Global Legal Reach” thechinacollection.org/uscc-…
USCC hearing May 4th on “Rule by Law: China’s Increasingly Global Legal Reach”

USCC hearing May 4th on “Rule by Law: China’s Increasingly Global Legal Reach”

I and several other folks from the Chinese law world will be testifying tomorrow (May 4th) before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission. The theme of the hearing is spelled out in...

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China adopts restrictive theory of foreign state immunity thechinacollection.org/china…
China adopts restrictive theory of foreign state immunity

China adopts restrictive theory of foreign state immunity

In a major change from its long-standing position, China's draft law on foreign state immunity adopts what's called the restrictive theory. Unlike the absolute theory, which holds that states are...

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Zhang Jun: the new President of China’s Supreme People’s Court thechinacollection.org/zhang…
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Tsinghua China Law Review call for papers: deadline April 1, 2023 thechinacollection.org/tsing…
Tsinghua China Law Review call for papers: deadline April 1, 2023

Tsinghua China Law Review call for papers: deadline April 1, 2023

Tsinghua China Law Review is issuing a call for papers for its vol. 15, no. 2 issue. They sent me a request to post the CFP a month ago, so don't blame them for the short deadline (April 1); I...

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Are Chinese courts out to nab Western technology? Comments from an expert thechinacollection.org/chine…
Are Chinese courts out to nab Western technology? Comments from an expert

Are Chinese courts out to nab Western technology? Comments from an expert

A recent article in the Wall Street Journal answered the above question in the affirmative. I assumed upon starting to read the article that there would be a comment from Mark Cohen, a leading expert...

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What the Bao Fan disappearance tells us about China’s legal system thechinacollection.org/bao-f…
What the Bao Fan disappearance tells us about China’s legal system

What the Bao Fan disappearance tells us about China’s legal system

It's being reported that Bao Fan (包凡), the chairman and CEO of China Renaissance, has disappeared. (Here's the announcement from the company filed with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.) This is part of...

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Texas bill to ban purchase of real estate by Chinese: some unintended consequences? thechinacollection.org/texas…
Texas bill to ban purchase of real estate by Chinese: some unintended consequences?

Texas bill to ban purchase of real estate by Chinese: some unintended consequences?

Texas state senator Lois Kolkhorst (R) has proposed to the state senate a bill that would ban

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Hu Fuming passes away from Covid thechinacollection.org/hu-fu…
Hu Fuming passes away from Covid

Hu Fuming passes away from Covid

Hu Fuming (胡福明), author of the famous May 1978 article

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Is China a dual state? thechinacollection.org/china…
Is China a dual state?

Is China a dual state?

Is China a dual state in the sense of Ernst Fraenkel's conception? I've been thinking about this a lot and ultimately conclude it isn't, and have just posted a short paper on SSRN explaining why....

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The Hidden Significance and Resilience of the Age-Limit Norm of the Chinese Communist Party thechinacollection.org/hidde…
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European Court of Human Rights effectively bars all extraditions to China thechinacollection.org/europ…
European Court of Human Rights effectively bars all extraditions to China

European Court of Human Rights effectively bars all extraditions to China

On Oct. 6, 2022, the European Court of Human Rights issued a decision, Liu v. Poland, that effectively bars states under its jurisdiction from extraditing anyone to China. Liu is a Taiwanese man who...

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The Tangshan gang verdict: some comments thechinacollection.org/tangs…
The Tangshan gang verdict: some comments

The Tangshan gang verdict: some comments

Today's news carries reports that a court in Langfang, Hebei Province, has sentenced 28 gang members to a range of sanctions, including a prison term of 24 years for the ringleader, Chen Jizhi...

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Big mistakes in the editing of Cai Xia’s article in “Foreign Affairs” thechinacollection.org/big-m…
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Annual Conference of the Younger Comparativists Committee, American Society of Comparative Law thechinacollection.org/annua…
Annual Conference of the Younger Comparativists Committee, American Society of Comparative Law

Annual Conference of the Younger Comparativists Committee, American Society of Comparative Law

Here's the announcement: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF COMPARATIVE LAW YOUNGER COMPARATIVISTS COMMITTEE CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT The Younger Comparativists Committee (YCC) of the American Society of Comparative...

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Annual Conference of the Younger Comparativists Committee, American Society of Comparative Law thechinacollection.org/annua…
Annual Conference of the Younger Comparativists Committee, American Society of Comparative Law

Annual Conference of the Younger Comparativists Committee, American Society of Comparative Law

Here's the announcement: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF COMPARATIVE LAW YOUNGER COMPARATIVISTS COMMITTEE CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT The Younger Comparativists Committee (YCC) of the American Society of Comparative...

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