In an essay in the East Asia Forum today, China’s jasmine crackdown and the legal system, Donald C. Clarke, law professor at George Washington University succinctly explains the current state of Chinese law, vis-a-vis the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) vs The People: When the Chinese authorities detained human rights lawyer Teng Biao last year, they [...]
Entries from May 2011
The Law’s in the Back Seat Behind the Guy with the Club
May 26th, 2011 · 2 Comments
Tags: Beijing · propaganda
Manufacturing Orphans For Export
May 18th, 2011 · 3 Comments
May has not been a good news month here in China. The continuing drought in Central China has closed the middle reaches of the Yangtze River to shipping, as well as causing power outages and electrical shortages that will continue into the summer months, negatively affecting manufacturing and agricultural production at a time when inflation has already [...]
Tags: corruption · countryside