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China’s Environmental Law Good on Paper
Implementing Reforms Will Test Its Success
on April 30, 2014
China’s environmental protection law, which stirred great controversy during its amendment process, has finally been passed. The updated law makes significant progress in the area of public interest litigation and strengthens the legislative tools to punish polluters. But it fails to answer a key question: how to get local officials to enforce the rules effectively.
Five Lessons From the Axing of ‘The Big Bang Theory’
on April 30, 2014
It’s a plot twist few saw coming. Not long ago, China’s video streaming sites were trying to clean up years of copyright violations by paying big bucks to license popular U.S. television shows. For their part, Chinese fans had begun to abandon the ubiquitous and cheap pirated DVDs, which had long been their conduit to Western television, in favor of online videos with good subtitles and better picture quality.
‘Black Jail’ Victims Hunt Down Captors, Get Day in Court
Petitioners Use Bits of Evidence Gathered While Held in Secret Prison
on April 29, 2014
A recent one-day trial in the northern province of Hebei involving China’s “black jail” industry came about because people who say they were illegally detained did some detective work to find their former prison and then took the matter to the media and police.
China Gives Teeth, Finally, to Beijing’s New ‘War on Pollution’
on April 29, 2014
The new environmental protection law—approved April 24 by China’s National People’s Congress—differs significantly from the previous one, especially on enforcement.