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Rule of Law Spread Through Self-taught “Lawyers” | China Esquire

The rule of law increasing through mass public participation? And not triggered by the party or a few activist lawyers? Sounds like a dream. But apparently, it’s happening. What happens in China when you can’t get your own lawyer to fight your cause? Learn the law yourself.

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What’s Good for the Rule is Law is Good for Chinese Litigators | China Esquire 29 weeks 5 days ago

New IP lawsuits! Yes, there is a silver lining in the advancement of the rule of law: it’s that the lawyers profit most. The more that law becomes integral to Chinese society, the more lawyers will become more important. That’s an already established fact in America –- expect the same in China.

Chinese rule-of-law activist becomes a case in point 2 years 17 weeks ago

A blind "barefoot lawyer" has infuriated half the officials in Shandong Province with a case that highlights many of China's unfinished civil reforms: humane treatment, due process, and rule of law.
For Chen Guangcheng - who has been under siege and arrest for a year - the problem is that he is that case.

Environmental Protection: Will the Rule of Law Grow Through This? | China Esquire 35 weeks 5 days ago

The new Minister of the Ministry of Environmental Protection, who was the old Minister of SEPA, Zhou Shengxian, announced yesterday that setting up a law enforcement system of “iron and steel” is at the top of his agenda. So is the rule of law about to grow through this announcement? Maybe not.

Fighting which Power? | China Expat 1 year 12 weeks ago

When Public Enemy, the militant rap group, came to Beijing this weekend they were not censored at all. In seems The Rolling Stones are a bigger threat to authoritarian rule than lyrics like "Our freedom of speech is freedom or death; we got to fight the powers that be."

Are You Sure that You Want to Be a Lawyer in China? | China Esquire 29 weeks 1 day ago

If you want to be a lawyer in China to change the government, you might actually accomplish that. But there is a high price to pay. If you do end up out there as a lawyer, even as a business lawyer, it does not mean you are suddenly immune from persecution. Be careful in choosing your causes.

Tibet's terrified monks by Nicholas D. Kristof 28 weeks 5 days ago

It's clear, from a covert trip deep into Tibet, that the protests spread across a larger area in traditional Tibet than is sometimes realized. This was a popular uprising against Chinese rule and the region is still seething.

China declares victory over Dalai Lama 1 year 27 weeks ago

By AFP | via (uncensored) yahoo!news
May 21, 2007

Tibet's top Chinese official has declared "victory" over the Dalai Lama but accused him of linking up with prominent groups intent on ending communist rule in China, state press said Monday.

"After an arduous year of struggle, we have achieved a transitional victory in repelling the concentrated campaign of the Dalai Lama clique to carry out damaging splittist activities," the Tibet Daily quoted Zhang Qingli as saying.

The Bus Uncle Interview in Next Magazine 2 years 24 weeks ago

"So far, the world has heard from the young man and the cameraman in the famous Bus Uncle episode. But who cares about them? The world wants to know about the Bus Uncle himself.

How Likely Is a Unified Food Safety Standard? I Don’t See It Happening Soon. | China Esquire 37 weeks 4 days ago

It’s about time that the companies jointly urged the government to act in such a way. (I assume that such standards would be domestic and of course, have some ramifications for international trade as well) Now the hard question is this: will it happen?