Yes, says the US government, according to this New York Times report. The argument is not implausible on its face, and various people have been trying for years to get the US government to take the matter up.
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China-related jobs with PILnet (Global Network for Public Interest Law)
I have received the following announcement (slightly edited):PILnet is hiring! We’re currently seeking applications for a China-based Program Manager, located in either Beijing or Hong Kong, and a Program Assistant in Beijing. While legal training and experience is preferred, given…
Again on China’s acquittal rate
Here’s an interesting piece from the Dui Hua Foundation on China’s acquittal rate (previously discussed on this blog here). I’m not sure it’s accurate in saying that China’s acquittal rate rose, though. It gives a figure of 1039 acquittals…
Position available at Amnesty International, Hong Kong (deadline: March 13th)
Amnesty International has an opening for an IAR (Individuals At Risk) Campaigner in their Hong Kong office. Presumably this position is mainly about China. According to my friend at AI, "it's a great job, in Hong Kong, playing to Amnesty's…
Interesting study of patent litigation in China: is the conventional wisdom about protectionism wrong?
Here’s a very interesting new paper on patent litigation in China based on an analysis of 471 suits for patent infringement (Love, Helmers & Eberhardt, Patent Litigation in China: Protecting Rights or the Local Economy?). The authors aim to…
New web address for Chinese court judgments site
The official web site for court judgments, 中国裁判文书网, has changed its URL from http://www.court.gov.cn/zgcpwsw/ to http://wenshu.court.gov.cn/. Thoughtfully, they have neither installed an auto-redirect at the old web site nor even provided information about the new web address.
China’s criminal conviction rate stays high
According to this report from Caixin, in 2014 the percentage of not-guilty verdicts was 0.066%, or fewer than 6 in 10,000. (Figures for 2015 are incomplete.) The report cites figures for other countries, including 2% in Finland, 9% in…
Cornell Law School seeks Clarke Program Fellow (no relation)
2016 PILNet fellowship available for applicants from mainland China (and other places, of course)
Seth Gurgel at PILNet just circulated this email to the Chinalaw list. I'm attaching the materials he refers to here (Call for Applications) and here (Chinese version).Attached, please find information regarding the 2016 PILnet Fellowship Program—a unique program at Columbia University School…
Chinese law position at Monash University Faculty of Law
The Faculty of Law at Monash University is interested in hiring someone with Chinese law expertise. Here’s the announcement. It doesn’t mention China specifically, but I am informed that that is one of their areas of interest.