Law

OJ Simpson in court

What Is Rule of Law?

“We are free because we live under civil laws.” — Charles de Secondat Montesquieu “Rule of law” is one of the much said but little understood concepts in popular press and daily conversations in China today. What is rule of law? What is its significance? Does rule of law mean that there is no “rule [...]

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Massacre at Tiananmen Square 1989

The Internationalization of China’s Legal Services Market

1. Introduction With the globalization of trade and the modern economy, the market for legal services, as both the facilitator and the beneficiary of economic development, has grown very quickly and been internationalized. The Uruguay Round of negotiations on the General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs and its successor the World Trade Organization (WTO) resulted [...]

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The Shanghai Baby

Afterthoughts on the Banning of “Shanghai Baby”

Earlier this year, Beijing Press and Publication determined that the most popular book of 1999 in China, “Shanghai Baby,” was pornographic and immoral in nature and proceeded to ban the book throughout the country. Police publicly raided several book fairs in the capital and confiscated copies of “Shanghai Baby.” The publishing house of the book [...]

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