“One must never place a loaded rifle on the stage if it isn't going to go off.” Anton Chekhov,
Several incidents of Chinese police discharging their weapons in the last two weeks, raise questions about police training, regulations.
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A national conference of Chinese prosecutors today regarding crimes by juveniles revealed that the number of juvenile arrests and prosecutions ha[……] Read more
In a previous post, ChinaLawTranslate provided data from a break down of disciplinary commission investigations relating to corruption investigations. Such investigations are internal to the Party and not part of the formal criminal justice system. This post looks at data made available today regarding actual criminal investigations by the people's procuratorates.
Journalists, activists and lawyers have recently been picked up on the strangely named offense of 'picking quarrels and causing disturbances'. What does this offense really entail? This brief note unpacks the relevant legal authority to show that it should never be used as a blanket offense.
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'
First numbers and explanation of the Clean Net 2014 action.
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