Happy Lunar New Year from the USC US-China Institute!
Qingli: A Theoretical Outline of Transformative Justice
Fudan University's Daniel Lin will talk on Chinese law at UC Berkeley.
Where
![](https://china.usc.edu/sites/default/files/styles/event_node_featured/public/events/featured-image/Law-school-pic_0.jpg?itok=5kjk_0Vi)
Qingli (perhaps best translated “commonsense”) is a distinctive phenomenon in Chinese law. Refuting past research that equated qingli with equity in the common law tradition, this paper argues that, at a deeper level, qingli represents a conception of transformative justice, in the sense that it can play a role in transforming and making flexible legal rules, principles, or texts, when hardship occurs during their rigid application.
Featured Articles
We note the passing of many prominent individuals who played some role in U.S.-China affairs, whether in politics, economics or in helping people in one place understand the other.
Events
Ying Zhu looks at new developments for Chinese and global streaming services.
David Zweig examines China's talent recruitment efforts, particularly towards those scientists and engineers who left China for further study. U.S. universities, labs and companies have long brought in talent from China. Are such people still welcome?