The New York Times recently carried a story confirming a long-standing rumor that Ling Wancheng, brother of the toppled top aide to China’s former top leader, Hu Jintao, was living in the United States. Apparently China wants him back in
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The Ai Weiwei visa mess – how it might have happened, from a Foreign Office insider
With the kind permission of the author, I'd like to share Kerry Brown's take on how this whole mess might have happened:I worked as the Head of Policy at UK Visas for six months in 2005. It was my last…
More contempt for law from the lawmakers
Over the last month or so, the Chinese authorities have been engaged in a crackdown on rights lawyers of unprecedented ferocity. Here’s Jerome Cohen in a Wall Street Journal article about it:New York University law professor Jerome Cohen, one…
The Peter Humphrey/Yu Yingzeng case (again)
I last blogged about this case in August 2014, when Peter Humphrey and Yu Yingzeng were convicted and sentenced in Shanghai on charges of unlawful acquisition of personal information of citizens. I had some preliminary comments on the case…
More Catholic than the Pope: UK government states Ai Weiwei has criminal conviction in China (he doesn’t)
In an astounding cock-up of monumental proportions (because it could so easily have been avoided by spending a few minutes searching around the web), the UK government has accused Ai Weiwei of lying on his application for a UK visa.…
China bans high-speed rail travel for people with outstanding judgments against them
Story below. I think this falls under the “be careful what you wish for” category. We always complain about the weakness of Chinese courts in enforcing their judgments, but this reminds us that if the state is well-organized enough, it can…
Job opportunity: Human Rights in China seeks Senior Program Officer, Hong Kong
Here's the announcement.
Post-doc position available at Leiden University: Researcher on Chinese law and governance
Here's the announcement.
E-commerce policy: who’s in charge?
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has just issued a pronouncement stating that foreign investors will, in an exception from existing rules, be allowed to own 100% of companies engaging in e-commerce. Here's a post from the China…
Landesa seeks Attorney, Land Tenure Specialist for Beijing office
Landesa, a reputable Seattle-based NGO that does work on land issues in developing countries, is recruiting an Attorney, Land Tenure Specialist for its Beijing office. The applicant has to have to have full and complete authority to work in…