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This past month has seen several lawsuits filed against the Chinese government for damages associated with its handling of the Covid 19 pandemic. Unlike other countries, US law allows lawsuits against foreign governments in certain circumstances. In this interview recorded in Honolulu yesterday I discuss the lawsuits' chances of success.

An article by Josh Chin in the Wall Street Journal this week casts an unflattering light on the Chinese studies community in the West. "The German Data Diver Who Exposed China’s Muslim Crackdown" tells the story of an obscure academic who almost single-handedly discovered a massive human rights violation in China's Xinjiang province. The obvious question is how and why others did not catch the crackdown?

My article about a big conflict of interest, republished from Quillete. 

There was a moving event at Fordham Law School on July 8, 2018 marking the third anniversary of China’s crackdown on human rights lawyers. Several lawyers remain secretly detained by the authorities and their health is uncertain. During the ceremony, two lawyers were presented awards for their work in absentia. The awards were accepted by the wives of the imprisoned lawyers, one in New York and the other in Beijing.