National People's Congress: China's New Leadership Change and Hukou Policy Reform
Qiwei Chen, University of Pittsburgh School of Law
National People's Congress: China's New Leadership Change and Hukou Policy Reform
Qiwei Chen, University of Pittsburgh School of Law
Blind Chinese rights activist Chen Guangcheng fled the guarded home where he was being kept under house arrest to the protection of US officials last week, reports said Friday. While the US embassy has not confirmed...
Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao emphasized the importance of upholding the rule of law, combating corruption and improving transparency in a speech published by the government Sunday. During the speech, delivered last month at a national...
Secrecy in China's trials of Tibetan protestors indicates political verdicts
Sophie Richardson : "The Chinese government's secrecy in handling unrest in Tibet since the March 2008 protests erupted in Lhasa was highlighted again on April 8, 2009, when a simple dispatch from the official news...
China puts foreign media screening under state information office
China's State Council on Friday ended the authority of the state-run Xinhua News Agency to screen foreign financial and other news entering the country. In a decree signed by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao , the...
China PM calls for greater regulation of global financial markets
Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao called for greater regulation of global financial markets Saturday at the closing of the Seventh Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM 7) in Beijing, China. ASEM 7 is the seventh...
China leader signs decree entrenching press freedoms for foreign journalists
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has signed a decree making permanent certain extensions on press freedom for foreign journalists that were temporarily adopted in the run-up to the July Beijing Olympics. Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao announced late...
The State Council of China on Thursday issued regulations implementing ambiguous provisions of the Labor Contract Law that took effect at the beginning of this year. Among other clarifications, the regulations provide...
A new labor law that requires all Chinese workers to have written employment contracts went into effect on January 1 in China , Bloomberg reported Wednesday. The Contract Labor Law also gives Chinese workers the...
The Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress adopted a new labor contract law Friday, passing reforms intended to improve workers' rights by formalizing standards in labor contracts, rights of temporary workers, and severance pay privileges. The...