China Law Blog

When we started China Law Blog more than two years ago, there was really only one other China law blog: Chinese Law Prof Blog, written by Professor Donald Clarke. Now, in addition to the two of us, the China Law Blogosphere now also includes the following English language blogs by foreign lawyers and law students, in roughly descending order of seniority:

1. China Hearsay, by Stan Abrams. My humble apologies for having forgotten this one initially, which is pretty inexcusable on at least three counts: One, this is a great blog. Two, this blog, if you count a long hiatus, has been around longer than just about any China law blog, including CLB. And Three, I consider Stan a friend. China Hearsay tends to focus on China IP and big think trade issues.

2. IP Dragon. Just as its name implies, this blog focuses on China intellectual property law issues. IT does a very good job.

3. Chinese Law and Politics Blog, by Carl Minzer, a Chinese Law professor at Washington University. This blog focuses on macro law issues, mostly involving politics and governance.

4. China Business Law Blog, by Brad Luo, who describes himself as "a law student at Southern Methodist University.... [whose legal interests] include U.S. & Chinese franchise regulations, foreign investment in China, international trade compliance, intellectual property protection, transnational transactions and international dispute resolution." What I would like to know is how someone can list both Lonesome Dove (cool) and Forrest Gump (totally uncool) among their favorite movies.

5. Experience Not Logic, by Will Lewis, who describes himself as a law student at University of San Diego School of Law who, "over the past summer in Shanghai, studied Chinese law and worked at a Chinese law firm." The purpose of Will's blog is "to explore the business and legal culture of China."

6. China Esquire, by Thomas Chow, a San Francisco based attorney who "practices in the areas of business transactions, corporate law and general business litigation. Mr. Chow's professional experience includes handling all stages of pre-trial civil litigation in both federal and state courts, as well as mediation, arbitration, and bankruptcy court practice. In addition to business litigation, Mr. Chow has represented clients in matters involving intellectual property, products liability, unfair competition and securities fraud." This blog focuses on "Chinese law, business, and society… and anything else remotely interesting."

7. Boulder2Beijing, written by two American law school graduates (a married couple) who are studying law in China. Often references very interesting scholarly articles on China law.

8. China Environmental Law, written by Charlie McElwee, an environmental and energy lawyer at Squire Sanders & Dempsey's Shanghai office. This blog "(as the name suggests) focuses on China’s laws, regulations, and policies regarding the environment and energy." This blog promises daily updates on China's environmental situation.

Two other blogs also deserve mention. China Case Law blog is written in English by lawyers at AllenJohn, a Chinese law firm based in Shanghai. This blog describes itself as primarily addressing "the practical issues of China business tax, China labor disputes, China intellectual property protection, China JV & WFOE operation, China real estate investment and China product liability through analysis of judicial interpretation of the Supreme Court of People’s Republic of China and provincial high courts, the decisions of local courts, the verdicts of International Arbitration Committee, and relating China government administrative regulations and rules. The other is China Blawg, put out by a number of attorneys at the Lehman, Lee & Xu law firm. I hesitate to consider this site a blog, both because it does not appear to have a working RSS feed and because it does not have its own separate domain.

Did I miss any?

Next week, I will do my quasi-yearly posting on China technology blogs. So if you have any suggestions there, please leave them in the comments, which I will not publish, but will certainly consider.