Dear readers,Time to put The China Collection in your blog reader.After twelve years (I started in May 2005) and almost a million visits here at the Chinese Law Prof Blog, I'm making some major changes in my blogging.
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How to become a China lawyer
Here's a good blog post on that subject by Dan Harris at the China Law Blog. Must reading for students interested in this practice area.
Correction/retraction to post on China granting self authority to hack into foreign servers
Yesterday I posted about an article on the excellent Lawfare blog that discussed the significance of some Chinese regulations on digital evidence collection. I now think that the Lawfare blog post's interpretation, which seemed plausible to me when I read…
China grants self carte blanche to hack into foreign servers in criminal investigations
Check out this recent post from the Lawfare blog. I've read the regulations to which it refers, and the post describes them accurately. Frankly, if I had given the matter any thought before this, I would have assumed…
US Chamber of Commerce seeks Senior Manager/Director, China
Here's the job announcement. It seems to be based in Washington, DC. Among the job requirements: "An advanced degree and 5+ years’ experience working with China trade and investment policy issues."
Random comments on China’s new civil code
On March 15th, the National People’s Congress passed the long-awaited General Rules of Civil Law (中华人民共和国民法总则) (GRCL), a collection of general principles that will come into effect on October 1, 2017. Interestingly, the GRCL will not replace the 1986 General…
China-related positions at ABA ROLI (Rule of Law Initiative)
I have received the following announcement:The American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative currently has three open positions with a China focus: a Program Director, a Program Manager, and a pro bono longterm legal specialist. If interested,…
Did China’s award of a trademark to Donald Trump violate Chinese law?
A recent article on the ThinkProgress website has created something of a stir. The article asserts that China's recent grant to Donald Trump of a trademark in "Trump" is especially questionable under the Emoluments Clause because China violated its own…
Seminar on Chinese Guiding Cases, Feb. 22, Washington DC
Kudos to the China Guiding Cases Project at Stanford and to American University's Washington College of Law for putting on what looks to be a very interesting seminar on Chinese guiding cases. It's on February 22nd. Information and sign-up here:…
Chinese court enforces Singapore judgment on the basis of reciprocity
Here's a report on an interesting case in which a Chinese court (the Nanjing Intermediate-Level People's Court) enforced a Singapore court judgment.Under China's civil procedure law, Chinese courts may enforce foreign judgments that are not fundamentally offensive in some way…