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Canadian’s Appeal of Drug Charges to See Public Hearing

28th December 2018

Chinese state media reported Thursday that a Chinese court will this weekend hear a Canadian citizen’s appeal for drug smuggling charges in China. A public appeal hearing will be held on Saturday in Dalian, Liaoning amid already strained relations between the two...

Rights Lawyer Wang Quanzhang Tried in Closed Hearing

26th December 2018

Rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang was put on trial in Tianjin on subversion charges Wednesday, after being held in incommunicado detention for almost three and a half years. No verdict has been announced. Wang was the last remaining lawyer to be...

CDT Editors’ Picks: The Best of 2018

24th December 2018

Editors at CDT have provided their personal recommendations of readings about China – from CDT and elsewhere on the web – from 2018. Happy New Year! Dong Ge, Executive Editor (CDT Chinese): 萧瀚：中国2018，何处是归程？ (Xiao Han: China 2018: Where is the...

Michael Kovrig Denied Access to Lawyers

22nd December 2018

Bloomberg is reporting that Canadian Michael Kovrig, who was detained in Beijing on suspicion of threatening China’s national security, has not been allowed to see a lawyer or his family and is permitted one meeting with a consular official per...