China Policy Institute Blog
Taiwan’s soft power and the death penalty
December 12, 2012
By Gary Rawnsley. On 7 December 2012, Amnesty International called on Taiwan’s government to resist public pressure to reinstate the death penalty. This comes after a 10 year old boy was murdered in Tainan at the beginning of December and claims that the murderer is not afraid because of Taiwan’s retreat from enforcing capital punishment. …
China stepping into global business regulation
October 24, 2012
by Qianlan Wu. When it comes to doing business with China, for many, checking relevant laws and regulations may not necessarily stand at the top of the to-do list. The Chinese Ministry of Commerce’s decision to reject Coca Cola’s attempt to acquire Huiyuan in 2009, however, seems to have sent out a different message. The …
“Amnesty” in Italy 2012: What does it mean for irregular Chinese migrants?
September 17, 2012
by Bin Wu. A friend in Italy rang me yesterday as a reminder that another round of “Amnesty” (regularisation of irregular migrants) is effective from 15th September to 15th October 2012. Generally, this is good news for Italian society which is struggling to cope with the “Euro Crisis” whilst this event could lead to a …
Swift justice and rough justice in China: criminal responsibility, the death penalty, and the Gu Kailai trial
August 13, 2012
By Jackie Sheehan. For those familiar with the China’s criminal courts, the first response to Thursday’s seven-hour trial of Gu Kailai and Zhang Xiaojun for Neil Heywood’s murder was probably “What took them so long?” A Chinese murder trial with multiple defendants can be over in under an hour, as witnesses almost never attend court, …
Revisiting death penalty: Wu Ying’s Execution
April 2, 2012
By Mike Bastin. Wu Ying, the latest non-violent criminal conviction in China for which the death penalty has been meted out, continues to divide public opinion. Surely this is, therefore, another opportune time to revisit the strengths and weaknesses of this punishment, particularly where no physical violence whatsoever has taken place. Wu, at one point …
Death Row Reality TV Show Sparks Debate on Capital Punishment
March 14, 2012
By Richard Pascoe. A macabre reality TV talk show series ‘Interviews Before Execution’, broadcast to 40 million viewers each week for four years by a state-owned channel in Henan province, has pushed the once taboo issue of the death penalty into the spotlight in China. Started as an attempt to understand the criminal mind and …
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