Announcements

USALI Executive Director Ira Belkin & Affiliated Scholar Eva Pils featured in new publication

From the Archives: Just Fifteen Books on China?

Margaret K. Lewis. The Diplomat. "Taiwan’s Human Rights Revolution and China’s Devolution"

[New Article] Affiliated Scholar Eva Pils. "A New Torture in China."

How India border stand-off gives China a chance to burnish its global image

By Jerome A. Cohen & Peter Dutton

Penetrating Law Into the Walls of Chinese Detention Centers

By Margaret K. Lewis. China Policy Institute: Analsyis

Peter Dutton. Isaac B. Kardon. LawFare. "Forget the FONOPs — Just Fly, Sail and Operate Wherever International Law Allows"

Report of the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights on his mission to China Note by the Secretariat

New York Times New Article: USALI Affiliated Scholar Erin Murphy

"Sessions Is Wrong to Take Science Out of Forensic Science"

Who Will Represent China’s Workers? Lawyers, Legal Aid, and the Enforcement of Labor Rights
New report by Aaron Halegua examines legal representation for China's workers

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