New Chinese book published today - 噤若寒蟬：港英時代對媒體和言論的政治審查(1842-1997), available online mybookone.com.hk and at Joint Publishing (三聯) and Commercial Press (商務) bookstores.
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Read this article by Dr Jue Jiang University of London providing a rare yet much-needed gender perspective on authoritarian legality in China.
Chinese Law Blog: ccl.law.hku.hk/chinese-law-bl…
Chinese Law eJournal: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

💡Don't miss the insightful discussion in Feb. 2024 Centre for Comparative and Public Law at HKU talk on '(A Lack of) Pre-Charge Engagement in England and Wales: A Missed Opportunity' by Dr Ed Johnston Dr Ed Johnston at University of Northampton Law.
📺 Full video: youtube.com/watch?v=ffsqFl…

**Call-for-Papers**

Asian Law & Society Annual Conference

13-14 December at Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), Seoul, Korea (in person)

Deadline for paper and panel proposals: 24 June

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💡Read this article by Sida Liu, Yun Xian & Sitao Li arguing that China has adopted a pragmatic approach to international human rights law in the early 21st century.
Chinese Law Blog: ccl.law.hku.hk/chinese-law-bl…
Chinese Law eJournal: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

My forthcoming article in the UC Irvine Journal of International, Transnational, and Comparative Law (with Yun Xian and Sitao Li Sitao Li), 'China’s Pragmatic Approach to International Human Rights Law,' is now available on SSRN: ssrn.com/abstract=47801…

Asian Law Junior Scholars Workshop
Yale Law School, August 22-23, 2024
 
Applications due by May 20, 2024
 
A group of scholars working on Asian Law have come together to organize a rotating workshop for prospective law teaching job market candidates who write in this field. The…

What a privilege to get a signed copy of Angela Zhang’s new book High Wire. Looking forward to discussing it at her @HKULaw Philip K.H. Wong Centre for Chinese Law book talk on Thursday!

The one and only Martin Krygier is talking about how to think, and not to think, about the rule of law Centre for Comparative and Public Law at HKU @HKULaw

Vol. 8 of the China Law and Society Review (CLSR) is out in print, featuring three excellent articles by Juan Wang, John Ohnesorge, and Susan Finder: brill.com/view/journals/…

Spring flowers in Hangzhou.

Join us at this July 3-4 conference Centre for Comparative and Public Law at HKU @HKULaw!

Excellent new exhibition M+, Shanshui: Echoes and Signals.

Dragon and lion dancing HKIA on New Year’s Day.

Happy Lunar New Year from Hong Kong!

At least American Sociological Review acknowledged a problem. That’s a good start. Will it change? I don’t think so.