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Gao Shan Xue Lian (photo), or Lily Gao, 16, was interrogated by officers of Canadian Border Services Agency for 45 minutes alone and without counsel nor parents' knowledge, Gao Shan's lawyer Lorne Waldman discovered.

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.

A Chinese reporter whose weekly publication was closed for three months after she wrote an article that criticized one of China's largest banks has sued the government, her lawyer said Tuesday.

Pollution lawsuits are a new concept in China, where a public-interest lawyer faces many challenges in her quest to educate people about their rights.

A lawyer in Beijing is bringing criminal charges against Microsoft after the company "blacked-out" the backgrounds of illegal copies of Windows in China through its automatic update function.

You know media pirating has ingrained itself into a country or culture when a lawyer stands up and challenges Microsoft for denying him access to his pirated version of Windows.

A blind activist who exposed a campaign by Chinese officials to force women to have abortions was jailed for more than four years yesterday in one of the country's most controversial human rights cases since the Tiananmen Square massacre.

Cafferty’s words insulted all Chinese people and “intentionally caused mental harm”. “The $1.3 billion averages out to $1 per Chinese person, so it isn’t much,” the newspaper quoted a lawyer as saying.

CIV - China's most wanted man Lai Changxing is leading a lavish lifestyle in Vancouver where he rents an apartment in the super upscale Coal Harbour area, drives a $150,000 BMW and dines out every night at very expensive restaurants, according to court documents.