Thailand's political turmoil
The recent political turmoils have received relatively scant coverage in the Western Press. Nevertheless, many of us here at Foolsmountain think the events in Thailand are important and interesting...
View Article(Letter from Otto Kerner, Opposing Viewpoint) Mainland Han human rights...
Amid the depressing news of the trial of Phurbu Tsering Rinpoche, a respected lama from Kardze (western Sichuan), is a hopeful sign: he is being defended by two Han Chinese human rights lawyers. They...
View ArticleChen Shui Bian Gets Life
In the continuing saga that is Chen Shui Bian’s colorful life, a trial court in Taipei sentenced Chen to life in prison yesterday as the first phase of his dramatic corruption and embezzlement trial...
View ArticleChina’s determined and long march towards rule of law
With Tunisia and Egypt in revolution, the Western media seem to be hypnotized with this notion that the only way Chinese society can improve is the citizens themselves fermenting a ‘jasmine revolution’...
View ArticleChina’s Supreme People’s Court clarifies trial procedures in citizens suing...
In May 2008, the State Council issued “Regulations of the People’s Republic of China on Open Government Information” (中华人民共和国政府信息公开条例) went into law, requiring government departments to disclose a very...
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Everyone in Hong Kong is Celebrating the Triumph of Rule of Law In the...
For the last week or so, Hong Kong has been (very publicly) celebrating the “rule of law” that it claims it has exhibited in letting Snowden leave the country despite strong U.S. pressure to arrest and...
View Article“human rights,”“democracy,”“freedom,” and now, “rule of law”
When Western countries invade Iraq out of “human rights,” “democracy,” and “freedom,” those become ideologies used as propaganda to dupe their public into supporting unjust wars. Obviously, there are...
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Opinion: On Bo Xilai and Rule of Law
Chief Judge Wang Xuguang reads the verdict. Photo: AP This past weekend, the Jinan Intermediate People’s Court found Bo Xilai guilty bribetaking, embezzlement and abuse of power. The trial has been...
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Why Asia Should Say No to Mr. Abe’s Vision of International Law for Asia
[Editor's note: the English version of post was first posted on Huffington Post and can be found here; and the Chinese version can be found on Guancha.cn here] SHANGHAI — A few weeks ago at the...
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The Scotland Referendum and What it might teach us about Democracy
By the now, the results are in. Scotland has just rejected secession from U.K. in a historic referendum. There have been impassioned” pleas on both sides, but through it all, Scotland will remain a...
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Eric X. Li Interviews Francis Fukuyama on Political Systems, Political...
Eric X. Li recently interviewed Francis Fukuyama on Political Systems, Political Legitimacy, Political Renewal and Decays for his Guancha views. The interview (about 53 minutes) is carried out in...
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Case Study on Democracy and Rule of Law: Japan and the World at a Crossroad?
Massive Protest Against Abe’s New Security Law Recently, the Japanese Parliament passed controversial legislation pushed by Abe to allow Japanese forces to fight abroad for the first time since 1945....
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Who Is Really Overstepping the Bounds of International Law in the South China...
The Hague via peopleint.files.wordpress.com/2012/07 [Editor’s Note: This is a cross-post of an article I submitted to the Diplomat a few weeks ago. I am wrapping up a more detailed legal analysis of...
View ArticleHow would this story be reported if it were China asking Apple for a way to...
Interesting story from NYT today titled “Judge Tells Apple to Help Unlock San Bernardino Gunman’s iPhone.” Here is an excerpt: WASHINGTON — A judge in California on Tuesday ordered Apple to help the...
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The Caustic Side Effects of Looking to Supreme Court Justices as Umpires
[Editor’s Note: This piece was first published at the Huffington Post] According to Chief Justice Roberts, judges are baseball umpires who apply rules impartially to disputes. As neutral actors, judges...
View ArticleDear President Trump…
I am going to write an article or post on the myth of law… But this 9th circuit decision to not reinstate Trump’s order to temporarily stop immigration from 7 countries is really getting to me. Here...
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