China has vowed to double down on efforts to regulate law enforcement actions against private enterprises to help revive the weak economy. Chinese vice-minister of justice Hu Weilie said on Tuesday that Beijing’s demand that local governments refrain from arbitrarily fining private companies was “one of the important measures” in a stimulus package aimed at … Read more
Members of China’s legal community are shocked after lawyers were pepper-sprayed by court bailiffs as they tried to sit in on a landmark case involving local authorities suing a private company outside the area they govern. Guo Rui, a lawyer with Beijing Zhongwen Law Firm, said in a WeChat post on Thursday that she and … Read more
President Xi Jinping has called for national security and social stability to be upheld in China’s border regions and for Mandarin to be spoken more broadly in those areas, according to state media. Addressing a Politburo study session on Monday, Xi said maintaining security and stability was the “baseline requirement” for border governance, state news … Read more
Bulk containers used to transport vegetable oil in China must be for food use only and clearly labelled as such from February, according to new national regulations introduced in response to a cooking oil scandal earlier this year. Under hygiene standards released last month by the State Administration for Market Regulation, cooking oil cannot be … Read more
The Chinese legal community’s latest discussion about standards for the death penalty come after a court in Inner Mongolia autonomous region upheld the death sentence of a local official who pleaded guilty to pocketing more than 3 billion yuan (US$422 million) in total. On August 27, Inner Mongolia’s regional high court dismissed an appeal by … Read more
China is a major consumer of vegetable oil and has a great need for oil transport, according to the draft. In 2023, the entire country consumed a total of 39 million tonnes of oil. In the wake of the scandal, the State Council, China’s cabinet, has asked for timely industry regulations, it said. The draft … Read more
The problem became so acute that in 2021 Xi slammed officials for waiting for his directions to act, and asked rhetorically: “If I didn’t hand out instructions, would these officials do any work?” In the Communist Party’s key conclave, the third plenum that concluded last month, leaders again sought to take aim at widespread sloth, … Read more
Next, she tried for a clerical job with the military, and failed again. “I felt that I desired freedom too much to get in,” said Li, who now works as a website editor in Beijing. 03:15 Young feminist defies Chinese government’s childbearing drive as population shrinks Young feminist defies Chinese government’s childbearing drive as population … Read more
It was nice to be with my friends all the time. Oxford was a lovely place to grow up in. I wasn’t in the top set, but I was in the one below that. I was quite clever, vaguely sporty and very competitive. Max Johnson (left) with Boris Johnson (second left) and other family members, … Read more
While Inner Mongolia has trumpeted its success, analysts have raised concerns that the policies could weaken the identity of ethnic minority groups. They say the region’s policies are a sign of things to come for China’s other autonomous regions. China to more tightly control ethnic minority discussion to temper ‘risks’ According to the 2020 national … Read more
