China Study Tour Day 10 Authors: Behshid and Andrew L. Today the very last lecture for this study tour was on Chinese Foreign Investment Law with Professor Xu Xiabing. The lecture started with a general discussion about what investment is, and then an in depth view of the modern and ever-changing area of investment law […]

Authors Charlotte and Corbin Today began with a very informative lecture by Professor Cheng Jinhua on, “The Legal Profession in Contemporary China”. The lecture started with an interesting discussion of the history of law in China, and how it developed from lacking a legal profession in Imperial China, to having mixed courts (with judges from […]

Authors, Georgia and Bridget After seven amazing days and a lot of anticipation, finally, today was the day. As the morning sun started to rise, a group of keen and eager Adelaide Law School students met in the hotel lobby at 6:15am to take advantage of the extremely well-equipped Jiao Tong University Sports Track for […]

Zhujiajiao Authors: Will and Nick The second day tour of the weekend saw us venture to the ancient water town of Zhujiajiao, a region with an even longer history than the gardens of Suzhou that we visited the Saturday prior. Getting off the bus was a stark reminder of the levels of pollution possible in […]

Day 5. Authors:  Lauren, Kellie and Andrew B. This morning, we were lectured on Chinese securities law by Professor Charlie Xiao-Chuan Weng (He picked the nickname 20 years ago after realising that many Westerners have trouble with Chinese words starting with X). The first half of the lecture was spent on the history of China, […]