China Law Blogs

Posts from blogs about Law in China

• Enforcement problems with State Compensation Law awardsHere’s an interesting article about problems faced by victorious plaintiffs in collecting awards under the State Compensation Law. The courts have no compulsory enforcement powers against state organs, and so if the state organ in question simply refuses to pay,…
• Fellowship opportunity: Pennoyer Fellow on China, Human Rights FirstHuman Rights First is looking for candidates to be its Pennoyer Fellow on China. The position is for two years. The application deadline is May 16th. More information here. Remember, you don’t have to human-rights oriented to post a position…
• The emergence of real trade unionism in Wal-Mart storesHere’s a fascinating report from China Labor News Translations on what’s been going on with labor unions in some Wal-Mart stores in China. I’ll quote the first paragraph to whet your interest: The trade unions in Chinese Wal-Mart stores are…
• China and EU Customs Unveiled Plans to Share InformationThe EU and China unveiled plans for an intelligence network to share information among ports to crackdown on counterfeiting. Source WIPO Magazine (February 2008, no.1).

  “Despite the increased efforts of the Chinese authorities to crackdown on counterfeiting, EU Customs Commissioner Laszlo Kovacs said that China is currently the main source of counterfeit goods seized in European ports. The intelligence network will help to tighten enforcement, resulting in greater controls in both European and Chinese ports.”

• Professor Susan Scafidi on Li-Ning on Nike李宁versus 耐克

  Even if you are not a victim of fashion Counterfeit Chic is the weblog to regularly frequent. Ms Susan Scafidi, visiting professor of Fordham Law School, blogged about Li-Ning versus Nike in her own funny tongue in cheek style.

  Don’t miss it, read here.

• Olympic Torch Tanzania Brings Protests Against … Chinese Counterfeit Products
  BBC News has every day the news ‘In Pictures‘. Today picture six of this item showed the Olympic Torch “in peaceful Tanzania relay”. There were protests, however not against human rights violations in T 1b ET, but against counterfeit and substandard products from China, no less. If the protest messages give any clue the protest might be organised by the Tanzania Consumer Advocacy Society.
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