Pix Credit: HERE The Chinese central authorities have developed the theme of the  "Black Hand" (黑手) of Foreign (US) Interference in the Internal Affairs of China's Administration of Hong Kong as a central element in its construction of what they hope will become the dispositive counter narrative of the "story" of the Hong Kong protests of 2019 and of the appropriateness and legitimacy of the responses of the central authorities from then to the… [read post]

Simon, New York University - Inter-Ministry Politics on Law-making: Legislating Private Equity in China  Xiao Yu and Zhao Ranran, East China University of Political Science And Law Session 2: Mediation, Law and Justice Graduate Law Centre, Warren Chan Moot Court Chair: Michael Palmer, Shantou University and SOAS, University of London - Approaches to the Reform of Civil Judicial Mediation in China  Cai Yanmin, Sun Yat-Sen University - Civil Society and Environmental Dispute… [read post]