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  Features - A Complete Research Guide to the Laws of the People's Republic of China (PRC) | LLRX.com
The laws of Taiwan, the remaining part of the former Republic of China, has developed its own legal system different from that of the mainland after the Nationalists lost the civil war to the Communists in 1949 and is out of the PRC’s legal scheme.
China Law and Practice is the electronic version of the journal under the same title published by Asian Law and Practice in Hong Kong.
South China Morning Post This is a Hong Kong based newspaper which reports a considerable amount of news on the legal practice of the laws of PRC and Hong Kong.
www.llrx.com /features/prc.htm   (11900 words)

  
  China: Birth-Control Laws to Be 'Perfected'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
China has announced it would control its population to 1.4 billion people by the end of 2010 by further tightening its strict "one-child" family planning policy.
China put the "one child per family" policy in place in the 1970s and penalized those couples who did not adhere to the plan.
China's goal in maintaining its low birth rate is to make the country more self-sufficient and rely less on development organizations to feed its people.
www.newsmax.com /articles/?a=2000/5/8/52459   (465 words)

  
 Asia Times Online - News from greater China; Hong Kong and Taiwan
If this campaign invoking the law fails, residents are quite prepared to file suit with the courts that usually - but not always these days - rule in mandarins' favor, and to court attention from newspapers and television stations with reputations for exposing corruption and malfeasance.
While China's laws are improving, the bureaucracy struggles to implement mechanisms outlined in the law and provide training for officials charged with abiding by or implementing the law.
China is now passing hundreds of laws, which by 2010 at the earliest, will comprise a modern, complex legal code, largely inspired by best practices in the West.
www.atimes.com /atimes/China/FJ05Ad01.html   (1852 words)

  
 China
The China Atomic Energy Agency is responsible for exports of nuclear equipment and technologies and the State Aerospace Bureau holds a similar function within the aerospace industry.
Rather, the China Atomic Energy Agency, under the new COSTIND, serves as a an administrative agency in which one of its main responsibilities is to vet nuclear exports.
According to China’s 1995 white paper, the SACMPT reported to both the State Council and the CMC and was comprised of “leading personnel” from the MFA, COSTIND, the headquarters of the General Staff, MOFTEC and “other relevant departments.” In this sense, the SACMPT functioned as an interagency mechanism.
www.nti.org /db/china/exconbod.htm   (1983 words)

  
 China Law and Governance Review
The incident, which received wide media coverage in China and became the subject of much debate in legal circles, underscores the lack of a workable mechanism to resolve conflicts between national and local (lower-level) laws under the current legal and political system.
The appropriate way for courts to handle conflict of laws cases, according to a senior judge at the Luoyang court, is to suspend the adjudication process and report the conflict to the Supreme People’s Court, which shall then refer the matter to the Standing Committee for final adjudication.
As more new laws and regulations are being promulgated in China by governments at all levels, the amount of conflict and inconsistencies between local and national legislation have also increased considerably, “causing confusion and new difficulties in the application of the laws”.
www.chinareview.info /pages/case.htm   (1532 words)

  
 Multinational Corporations Violating China's Environmental Laws and Regulations | Worldwatch Institute
Over the last three years, the Chinese government has punished 33 multinational corporations for violating the nation’s environmental laws and regulations, according to Ma Jun, director of the nongovernmental Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs.
William Valentino, general manager for corporate communications for Bayer Corporation and the chair of the Corporate Social Responsibility Working Group of the European Chamber of Commerce in China, agrees that the poor environmental performance of domestic enterprises should not be used as an excuse for multinationals.
Outside contributions to China Watch reflect the views of the author, and are not necessarily the views of the Worldwatch Institute.
www.worldwatch.org /node/4764   (674 words)

  
 Laws & Regulations @ The China Perspective   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
China plans to toughen penalties for wasting energy as the government's goal of reducing energy consumption per unit of gross domestic product (GDP) by 4 percent risks failure in 2006, People’s Daily reported, citing the Shanghai Securities Journal.
A law is currently under revision to impose harsher punishment on energy lavishment, Xinhua reported, citing the government’s sources.
Draft rules for China's domestic oil trade are prompting concern about whether the country will make good on a commitment to open the sector to foreign companies this year, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing executives at French energy company Total SA.
www.thechinaperspective.com /lawsregulations/index.html   (898 words)

  
 China travel guide - Wikitravel
With coasts on the East China Sea, Korea Bay, Yellow Sea, and South China Sea, it borders Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam to the South; Tajikistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan to the West; Russia and Mongolia to the North and North Korea to the East.
China is a vast country and it may not appeal to the average tourist to bike across mountains and desert.
China Scholarship Council (CSC) Conducting the enrollment and administration of foreign students who have scholarships from the Chinese Government, and dealing with the applications of those who are sent to study in China by foreign academic and educational organizations, non-governmental friendship teams or organizations.
wikitravel.org /en/China   (14472 words)

  
 China Laws and regulations, Chinese Legal Systems
It was an harsh sentence, reflecting the weight China is giving to the issues of corruption and food safety as they grapple with a series of safety breaches involving toxins in food and other products.
judicial interpretation of the criminal law on smuggling cases issued by the court, people who smuggle between five and ten conventional less-than-60-millimeter shells or grenades across the border, or no more than five more-than-60-millimeter conventional shells will face over seven years in prison and a fine or confiscation of property.
New laws relating to farm products quality and safety, passports and many other important documents were adopted at the five-day 21st session of the Standing Committee of the Tenth National People's Congress which concluded Saturday in Beijing.
www.chinatoday.com /law/a.htm   (1363 words)

  
 China Judicial Assistance
China has advised the United States that the granting of authority for the taking of that deposition should not be regarded as a precedent.
China deposited its instruments of accession to the Hague Evidence Convention December 8, 1997.
American law firms with a presence in China merely maintain "representative" offices which may provide legal advice to clients on commercial, tax, or economic law as it relates to investment in China by foreign firms.
travel.state.gov /law/china_legal.html   (3200 words)

  
 ILAB - China
Much of the evidence of child labor in China is derived from data from the large special economic zone of Shenzhen in southern China.
China is a party to ILO Convention No. 59 Concerning Minimum Age for Admission to Employment in Industry and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
It is unclear whether in 1991 a labor law - or a regulation - prohibited the employment of children under sixteen.
www.dol.gov /ilab/media/reports/iclp/sweat/china.htm   (1988 words)

  
 China enacts laws to control missile technology exports
China said Wednesday it has fully enacted regulations to control exports of nuclear, biological, chemical and missile technologies as it vowed to work with the United States on non-proliferation.
In recent years, China and Chinese companies have repeatedly been at the receiving end of US sanctions for proliferating missile technology or other technologies used to build weapons of mass destruction.
"China holds that the fundamental purpose of non-proliferation is to safeguard and promote international and regional peace and security, and related issues must be settled through dialogue and international co-operation," said Liu.
www.spacewar.com /2004/040721035119.e7podkkj.html   (391 words)

  
 American Bar Association
China has developed, and continues to develop, a legal system from scratch in just over 20 years.
China Law Deskbook: A Legal Guide for Foreign-Invested Enterprises, Second Edition is a concise yet comprehensive resource to the complex laws of China.
The book highlights the key laws and regulations of interest and importance to foreign investors, corporate lawyers, and private practitioners involved in China on behalf of their clients.
www.abanet.org /intlaw/committees/regional_comparative/china/library.shtml   (766 words)

  
 ChinaWest International – Business Laws & Policies in China
It shall not be allowed, in the recruitment of staff and workers, to use sex as a pretext for excluding females from employment or to raise recruitment standards for the females, except for the types of work or posts that are not suitable for females as stipulated by the State.
The survivors of the insured laborers shall be entitled to subsidies for survivors in accordance with the law.
Section 105: Where other laws or administrative rules and regulations have already specified punishments for the encroachment of the legitimate rights and interests of laborers that also violate the stipulations of this Law, punishments shall be given in accordance with the stipulations of those laws or administrative rules and regulations.
www.chinawestinternational.net /general_business_laws_in_china6.html   (5288 words)

  
 Chemical & Engineering News: Cover Story - Tempers Flare In China
In her 2004 book on the Chinese environment, "The River Runs Black," Elizabeth C. Economy notes that Chinese national environmental laws are vague and open to interpretation by local officials.
He says laws in China are gradually becoming more specific, and that farmers who cannot afford lawyers are buying legal textbooks that they use to avail themselves of their rights.
In November 2003, Xinhua Far East China Ratings downgraded the long-term debt of Lianhua, claiming that its "internal governance and internal control deviate significantly from the average market norm." Xinhua was basing its opinion on a report prepared by a team of government auditors.
pubs.acs.org /cen/coverstory/83/8339china.html   (3249 words)

  
 Foreign & International - China
CHINA (Laws of PRC, Hong Kong, and Taiwan)
Provides China Law Reports series and judicial interpretations, Selected Works of China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission Awards, Maritime Arbitral Awards, English version of PRC laws, etc. The library doesn't have a subscription.
This database provides the most current version of the laws of the Hong Kong SAR, and is updated on an average of two weeks after the publication of the Gazette.
www.law.nyu.edu /library/foreign_intl/china.html   (590 words)

  
 China
China's nuclear export controls are based on the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and China's 1994 Foreign Trade Law.
China is currently not a member of the NSG, nor has it adopted all the group's export policies [particularly requiring full-scope safeguards (FSS)].
China's senior leaders are actively studying membership in the Missile Technology Control Regime and have pledged to prevent the export of materials or technology that could assist missile and nuclear programs in South Asia.
www.nti.org /db/china/nucexcon.htm   (3464 words)

  
 People's Daily Online -- China News
China and Kazakhstan should use their complementary economies to encourage bilateral cooperation, Wen Jiabao said.
China's fast economic development was based on high input, high energy consumption and low output.
China published a white paper on national defense on Dec. 27, the fifth of its kind since 1995.
english.people.com.cn /china.html   (878 words)

  
 The Penal Laws of China (1)
It means "Laws and Procedures of the Great Qīng Dynasty" and was modeled in close detail on the legal code of the preceding Míng dynasty (period 20), which in turn had great continuity with preceding Chinese legal codes.
Obviously in Imperial China, a magistrate was expected to make decisions based on the law, morality, local custom, and his reading of the individual situation.
It is only today that information technology allows law codes to be too big for any single person to read, and a judge's raised eyebrow in one district to become a precedent for legal decisions elsewhere.
weber.ucsd.edu /~dkjordan/chin/leulih/leulih1.html   (485 words)

  
 MARRIAGE IN CHINA
According to U.S. law, your new spouse may not automatically return with you to the United States.
Marriages in China are registered according to the laws of China.
Under this law, marriage registration procedures are administered by the marriage registration office of the local civil affairs bureau, Minzhengju, in each jurisdiction.
www.usembassy-china.org.cn /us-citizen/mrginfo.html   (1423 words)

  
 Digg - How does China Censor the Internet?
You either obey the laws of China, or you don't deal with a HUGE proportion of the worlds population.
Conducting business in a country is saying that you agree with the laws of China, which makes them keep enforcing the laws.
Sucks to be in China but if they want to cencor there own country then w/e but keep it in your own country.
www.digg.com /security/How_does_China_Censor_the_Internet_   (1015 words)

  
 Legislation China (Lexadin)
Procedural Law on the conclusion of treaties 1990
Law on the Territorial Sea and the contiguous Zone 1992
Laws and Regulations Database of the Republic of China
www.lexadin.nl /wlg/legis/nofr/oeur/lxwechi.htm   (1064 words)

  
 Missing Children Laws - China Hong Kong
There are no laws or regulations which provide for categories of disappearance.
For cases of suspected parental abduction, the police will establish who has the lawful custody of the child.
This will then govern the police response, Kidnapping by unknown persons or even known persons is a crime which will be dealt with by criminal investigation units.
www.interpol.int /Public/Children/Missing/NationalLaws/mcChina.asp   (580 words)

  
 Lillian Goldman Library: China Law Resources
A searchable electronic database of the statutory laws of Hong Kong established and regularly updated by the Department of Justice of the HKSARG (Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government).
This Lexis database provides coverage of case law from 1946 to the present and is updated as cases are received.
A comprehensive list of law firms in the PRC searchable by city and area of specialty.
www.law.yale.edu /library/research/china.html   (1279 words)

  
 Marriage Information - U.S. Consulate General Guangzhou, China
Marriages in China are registered according to the laws of China, regardless of the nationality of those being married.
Under this law, marriage registration procedures are administered by the local civil affairs office, minzhengju, in each jurisdiction.
We must emphasize that marriage in China falls under the authority of the laws of China, and that the Chinese civil affairs authorities have final say over which documents they can require and will accept in order to approve a marriage.
guangzhou.usconsulate.gov /marriedchina.html   (633 words)

  
 Tips for Travelers to China   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Laws in China sometimes differ significantly from those in the United States and do not afford the protections available to the individual under U.S. law.
China does not recognize the U.S. citizenship of children born in China, when one of the parents is a PRC national.
If you are planning to conduct business in China, please be vigilant in investigating the companies you plan to work with to ensure they are reputable or to learn whether a prior history of disputes exists.
travel.state.gov /travel/tips/regional/regional_1173.html   (6017 words)

  
 China Business Laws and Regulations
China Business Laws and Regulations is designed for people who are doing business or interested to do business with or within China.
All the laws and regulations are in both English and Chinese languages.
The Chinese versions of the laws and regulations are the original official documents and the English version of the laws and regulations are based on the official translations of the documents with careful reviews of experts.
www.emediawire.com /releases/2005/11/emw306418.htm   (585 words)

  
 China enforcing green laws, suddenly | csmonitor.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
China's rapid development has caused some of the worst air and water pollution in Asia.
Moreover, the environmental lobby in China has been given space to air its views in the state-run media, and in smaller private newspapers - questioning whether enough public resources are being devoted to stopping pollution and protecting wildlife, for example.
China Youth Daily, for example, a state-run newspaper, did stories pointing to the most "embarrassing" projects that were suspended.
www.csmonitor.com /2005/0210/p01s02-woap.html   (1223 words)

  
 People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China law resource page with links to the China constitution, China government, China law firms, China law, China law discussion group, China legal research, China judiciary, China study abroad programs, China law schools, China legislature, China law guide, and more.
"The China Law Center was established at Yale Law School in 1999.
Maintained by Wei Luo for the the Washington University School of Law.
www.washlaw.edu /forint/asia/china.html   (423 words)

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