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04.12.17Yahoo Is Sued over $17 Million Fund for Chinese Dissidents
New York Times
A group of Chinese political activists filed a lawsuit in federal court against Yahoo on Tuesday, saying the company failed to properly oversee a $17 million fund it created a decade ago to help Chinese dissidents
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02.13.17‘We Had to Sue’: The Five Lawyers Taking on China’s Authorities over Smog
Guardian
In an unprecedented legal case, a group of Chinese lawyers have charged the governments of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei with failing to protect their citizens from air pollution, which is linked to a third of all deaths in the country
Environment
08.29.16
Environmental Law Blunted by Crippling Court Costs
from chinadialogue
Zhenhua Ltd. is a glass-making firm based in Dezhou, a city in China’s northeastern Shandong province. The factory sits amid a cluster of modern residential areas, so when the company failed to limit its emissions of polluted air and dust into the...
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06.21.16China Prosecutors Win Landmark Lawsuit Against Environmental Department
Reuters
First public interest case vs. government department producing dyes with inappropriate safeguards....
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09.14.15U.S. Drops Charges That Professor Shared Technology With China
New York Times
The Justice Department dropped all charges against Mr. Xi, the chairman of Temple University's physics department.
Caixin Media
04.29.14
‘Black Jail’ Victims Hunt Down Captors, Get Day in Court
A recent one-day trial in the northern province of Hebei involving China’s “black jail” industry came about because people who say they were illegally detained did some detective work to find their former prison and then took the matter to the media...
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03.11.14Chinese Man Sues Local Government Over Smog
Diplomat
Li Guixin of Hebei province has become the first person to sue the government over air pollution.
Environment
04.28.13Poor Rural Residents in China Seen as Easy Target for Environmental Lawsuits
from chinadialogue
China today boasts a collection of ninety-five environmental courts, all of which were set up over the past six years. It is a trend that promises to re-shape Chinese environmental law.But simply trumpeting this initiative is no guarantee the...