In October 2023, China’s top court publicized a lower court’s ruling that is of great importance: It is the first publicly reported case of convictions being handed down under a law passed 12 years ago which incorporated the crime of bribing foreign public officials into China’s criminal law. Beyond heralding a new era of criminal … Read more
Advertisement Among the many legal drafts reviewed and adopted at the recently concluded session of the Standing Committee of China’s top legislature, the National People’s Congress, was the Law on Foreign State Immunity. On September 1, the concluding day of the session, the NPC Standing Committee adopted the bill, and the law is scheduled to … Read more
Advertisement This year has not seen many victories for those who seek to protect the rights of citizens in China. An untold number of people who took to the streets to protest the “zero COVID” policy were incarcerated, China’s internet watchdog announced the further “sanitization” of China’s already phenomenally restricted internet, and Beijing’s LGBT center … Read more