April 2014 — China Law Translate

Measures for Standardizing Petitioning 0 (0)

2014/04/24 China Law Translate 2

These new rules encourage petitioners to write rather than visit, start at the bottom, and take no for an answer. Issued to encourage use of the legal system to resolve problems and to resolve conflict at the local level, these rules may leave many citizens with nowhere to go.

People’s Daily: 14,455 reporters’ credentials revoked since 2013 0 (0)

2014/04/23 China Law Translate 1

China reveals the number of reporters who lost their press cards since 2013, and it’s higher than you think. The ranks of the press have grown thinner, often for charges of releasing false news or ‘blackmail by media’

Legal Daily: ‘Clean Net 2014″ Anti-porn campaign off to a strong start! 0 (0)

2014/04/21 China Law Translate 0

First numbers and explanation of the Clean Net 2014 action.

SPP Provisions on Handling Cases of Juvenile Crime 0 (0)

2014/04/17 China Law Translate 0

The Supreme People’s Procuratorate’s updated guidelines for handling cases of juvenile crime, incorporating many new procedures contained in the revised Criminal Procedure Law.

Anti-Corruption by the Numbers 0 (0)

2014/04/16 China Law Translate 1

A summary of the excellent and thorough analysis of the current corruption investigations done by the staff of Legal Daily, and translated here. Disciplinary investigations are broken down by substantive area, and geography, and suspects are broken down by age, gender and rank. Very very revealing.

Special Action Against Online Porn 0 (0)

2014/04/15 China Law Translate 1

This is the official announcement by the Ministry of Public Security and other that a crackdown on pornographic and illegal publications was officially underway! This short document lays out the content and context of the new Clean-Net 2014 special action, which will end in November 2014.

SPC, SPP, MPS Opinion on Illegal Fundraising (investment scams) 0 (0)

2014/04/02 China Law Translate 0

Illegal Fundraising generally means private investment schemes that promise big rewards from an unregulated investment. This interpretation clarifies several aspects for enforcing criminal laws prohibiting such practices.