Monthly Archives: November 2007

Law and Religion: A Western Perspective on China

Posted on November 28, 2007 by Richard

Southern Weekly ??????interviewed Harold Berman, author of ” Law and Revolution,” found here and here. That Berman, whose expertise extended to the religious foundations of Western law, should be the focus of a two-hour interview with an iconoclastic and popular … Continue reading →

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Demands for Currency Revaluation Ad Infinitum

Posted on November 16, 2007 by Richard

Once again the helpless cry in the Western wilderness. Won’t China allow the Yuan to “strengthen at a faster rate?” No, indeed. How is doing so in China’s interest? The movers and shakers of the so-called great economic powers, who … Continue reading →

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Guest Analysis: Yunnan Province and the Hukou Registration System

Posted on November 9, 2007 by Richard

[Editor's Note: I'm grateful to Carl Minzner, author of the China Law and Politics blog, for permitting the reposting of his analysis below. His post represents a scarce example in modern Chinese Studies of a laudable skepticism towards a claim, … Continue reading →

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Diamonds for the Chinese Masses

Posted on November 3, 2007 by Richard

Baseball for the Chinese masses? The State Department sending Cal Ripken to Shanghai? Yes, yes, I know something of the hallowed traditions of Japanese baseball and more recently the Taiwanese leagues. Those were begun on sandlots by boys imitating the … Continue reading →

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