China Why the UK Cannot ‘Go It Alone’ with China December 6, 2019 0 Image Credit: Bank of England and Chinese Flag by Bank of England/Flickr, License: CC BY-ND 2.0. Written by Sam Fry. Over the last forty years,…
China A new torture in China August 10, 2017 5 Written by Eva Pils. ‘In China, we say that for a person meditating in a cave, a day passes as though it were a thousand…
China The Promise of Rights and the Demise of Law: Chinese Human Rights Lawyers Under Attack July 20, 2017 2 Written by Leïla Choukroune. They have broken his life and confiscated his death. But what was his crime? Democracy was the offence. In a country…
China Liu Xiaobo and Normalised Norway July 17, 2017 2 Written by Jichang Lulu. Norway's 'normalised' relations with China, under which it has promised it "will not support actions that undermine" "China's core interests and…
China Bao Zhuoxuan’s arrest and Mong La-China relations: Business as usual November 5, 2015 0 Written by Alessandro Rippa. On October 6, 2015, Bao Zhuoxuan, the teenage son of human rights lawyer Wang Yu and activist Bao Longjun was apprehended alongside…
China Talking about China’s human rights October 28, 2015 15 Written by Xu Ruike. It is unsurprising that British journalists and commentators were obsessive in criticizing China’s human right records during President Xi Jinping’s state visit to…
China Defending the rule of law against … lawyers July 17, 2015 0 Written by Jackie Sheehan. After 2014 was declared the “worst year ever” for lawyers in China, Xi Jinping hasn’t rested on his laurels: since 10 July, an…
China Can judicial reforms reduce the incidence of torture in China? May 25, 2015 1 Written by Jackie Sheehan. Former CIA agent Bob Baer famously identified the different purposes of America’s “extraordinary rendition” programme of torture out-sourcing, explaining that “If you want…
Politics Quiet Diplomacy over Chen Guangcheng May 22, 2012 1 By Steve Tsang. Quiet diplomacy has long received short shrift from China when addressing human rights issues. The case of Chen Guangcheng, however, marks a…
