Stanley Lubman

Stanley Lubman Says China Fails to Protect Consumers

The Wall Street Journal, China Real Time Report, March 16, 2011 by Stanley Lubman
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There is no doubt that China’s product safety issues are serious and ongoing, despite measures taken in recent years. Only last month the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced discovery of a plot to fake certification of Chinese grains as organic. Three years ago, adulterated heparin, a blood-thinning drug, was exported to the U.S. in a case that continues to baffle the FDA and fuel anger in Congress.

Stanley Lubman Thinks China’s Brutality Has Increased in Wake of Mideast Unrest

The Wall Street Journal, China Real Time Report, February 25, 2011 by Stanley Lubman
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The current anxieties about unrest have already been manifested in the repression of activist lawyers, and will undoubtedly continue. Lawyers and citizens who pursue rights formally granted to Chinese citizens could conceivably be deemed to veer close to the paranoid notion of “inciting subversion.” If so, those who assert legal rights could become targets of regime suppression.

Stanley Lubman Studies Influence of Internet on Chinese Society

The Wall Street Journal, China Real Time Report, February 16, 2011 by Stanley Lubman
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Social pressure expressed via the Internet and other social media is energizing citizen protests against violations of Chinese law and creating pressure for legal reform, especially at the local level. But it will remain considerably more difficult for the Internet to become an effective medium for successful pressure for legal reform beyond individual cases.

Stanley Lubman Welcomes Law to Reduce Home Demolitions in China

The Wall Street Journal, China Real Time Report, January 29, 2011 by Stanley Lubman
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Last week, the State Council published a regulation that would end the power of local governments to order demolition of urban residences and require disputed cases to be decided by courts. The change in the law reflects a responsiveness to the public that will be welcomed by many residents, although it remains to be seen whether implementation will be effective.

Stanley Lubman Hails China Expansion of Citizens’ Rights

The Wall Street Journal, China Real Time Report, January 13, 2011 by Stanley Lubman
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Although China formally rejects the American concept of controlling government by checks and balances, the enforcement of administrative laws to protect citizen rights raises the possibility of “a distinctly Chinese version of constitutionalism.”

Stanley Lubman Decries China’s War on Dissent

The Wall Street Journal, China Real Time Report, December 24, 2010 by Stanley Lubman
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The ferocity of the Chinese party-state’s war on protesters, dissenters and activists will continue in the near future, and recent events demonstrate that it is increasingly determined to seek international support for its domestic actions.

Stanley Lubman Notes China’s Failure to Enforce Environmental Laws

The Wall Street Journal, China Real Time Report, December 7, 2010 by Stanley Lubman
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China, the world’s largest polluter, has been adopting laws to control and reduce pollution since 1979, and there are frequent reports in the press emphasizing efforts to control pollution. But regardless of how many new environmental laws are adopted, enforcement remains a critical problem.

Stanley Lubman Thinks Chinese Nobel Prize Winner Inspires Reformers

The Wall Street Journal, China Real Time Report, November 9, 2010 by Stanley Lubman
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The award of the Nobel Peace Prize to Liu Xiaobo prompted furious denunciations of the Nobel Committee by the Chinese party-state, which most recently has pressed European governments to boycott the award ceremony. However, other reactions, via the Internet and Twitter, suggest that there is resonance in Chinese society for Liu’s call for gradual political reform.

Stanley Lubman Says Chinese Workers More Conscious of Rights

The Wall Street Journal, China Real Time Report, October 20, 2010 by Stanley Lubman
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Chinese workers have increasingly been taking grievances to the Chinese courts, which are having difficulty handling them. The numbers may continue to grow, as Chinese employers delay improving working conditions and as more workers seek to vindicate their rights under Chinese law.