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Web-Based Research Guides on PRC Legal & Business Resources
Prepared by Kara Phillips, Collection Development/Associate Executive Librarian, Seattle University Law Library. This bibliography is © Kara Phillips 2004-2006 and used with permission.
There are many Web-based research guides that describe print and online resources available for researching P.R.C. legal and business issues. These guides will typically identify both Chinese and English resources. What follows is an annotated bibliography of some useful Web-based guides:
China Web-Based Research Guides: Legal
A Complete Research Guide to the Laws of the People's Republic of China (PRC). “Chinese law experts Wei Luo and Joan Liu's extensively documented guide details the major print, online and CD-ROM sources on the PRC's legal system, case law, primary and secondary sources, commercial database services, periodicals, directories, government agency Web sites, and also evaluates the authority of these resources.” (Excerpt from the Web site.) Other useful features of this comprehensive research guide include the history of the Chinese legal system, information on Hong Kong and Macau and a detailed evaluation of each online and print resource with the advantages and disadvantages of using each resource for Chinese legal research.
Chinalaw List . Administered by Law Professor Donald Clarke, CLNET is “an electronic discussion group devoted to issues of modern Chinese law. While it is intended that the law of the People's Republic of China will be the main focus, postings relating to other Chinese jurisdictions or to Chinese legal history are also welcome. All persons with an interest in Chinese law are welcome to subscribe.” (Excerpt from the Web site.)
Chinese Legal Research at the University of Washington. This online research guide, authored by Bill McCloy of the Gallagher Law Library, gives an overview of finding Chinese legal materials in print and online at the University of Washington Gallagher Law Library. It covers statutes, regulations, cases, periodicals, news, commercial databases and Web resources. It also includes pointers on how to display Chinese characters on the Web and in email and discusses Chinese search engines and other research strategies.
Guide to Law Online: China. This guide, prepared by the Law Library of Congress, focuses on “sites offering the full texts of laws, regulations, and court decisions, along with commentary from lawyers writing primarily for other lawyers. Materials related to law and government that were written by or for lay persons also have been included, as have government sites providing general information.” (Excerpt from the Web site.) It covers the Chinese Constitution, Legislative, Executive and Judicial Branches, research guides and portals, as well as general sources on China.
Internet Chinese Legal Research Center. This Web site, maintained by Wei Luo of Washington University School of Law Library, provides annotated links to legal resources in China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. It includes links to resources in English and Chinese, covers laws, news, and government sites and has a helpful explanation on how to update statutes. Additionally, it contains links to Chinese Law courses in North American law schools and Chinese Law summer study courses abroad.
Judicial Information of the People's Republic of China: A Survey. “Zhai Jianxiong, a librarian at the National Library of China, details his country's judicial system (both the higher and provincial courts), along with providing trial statistics. In addition, he surveys his country's range of legal publications as well as highlighting Web sites for legal researchers in English and Chinese.” (Excerpt from the Web site) A very comprehensive overview of the court structure and judiciary in China with useful information on lower court publications and Web sites.
Melbourne’s Asian Law Centre Links: China. University of Melbourne’s Asian Law Centre has arranged its collection of Chinese legal links by topic.
Research Guide on China. This online guide from Harvard Law Library has an annotated listing of useful Web sites and online databases for legal research on China, Hong Kong and Macau. It also lists Web site links by topic.
Web Resources for Chinese Law. Compiled by University of British Columbia Library, this annotated directory points to Web sites related to the law of China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
China Web-Based Research Guides: Business & General
Business, Commerce, Economy China. This compilation from the Library of Congress contains links and descriptions of Chinese and English Web sites focusing on business, commerce and economics in China.
Business Information on China Research Guide. The University of Hong Kong Libraries maintain a comprehensive listing of Chinese business resources in print and online, including recommended readings, databases and Web resources.
China Business Research Guide. Maintained by the University of Pennsylvania Lippincott Library, this guide provides links to free and fee-based resources on Chinese business research and identifies "highly recommended resources."
Chinese Studies: Economics and Business. The University of British Columbia Library research guide links to Web resources on Chinese economics and business.
Chinese Studies WWW Virtual Library. The University of Melbourne Library maintains links to internet resources on many China-related topics including economics and business, law, and science and technology.
East Asia Library China Studies Page. The University of Washington East Asia Library China Studies Page focuses on resources in Chinese such as Web sites with full text materials, electronic journals and databases, and online newspapers. It also gives a detailed overview of the resources (newspapers, serials, yearbooks, special collections, videos, and CD-ROMS) available in the University of Washington East Asia Library collection.
Portal to Asian Internet Resources. “The Portal to Asian Internet Resources (PAIR) offers scholars, students and the interested public more than six thousand professionally selected, cataloged and annotated online resources. Committed to directing users to Asian area content in the humanities and social sciences, the PAIR Project is supported by an impressive complement of area studies scholars, bibliographers and subject selectors based at the libraries of the University of Wisconsin, the University of Minnesota and the Ohio State University.” (Excerpt from the Web site.) This portal has an “Atlas” search feature. Click on China (or other Asian countries) and limit by topics such as “business industry, economy, law, science & technology, etc.” An annotated list of librarian-selected Web sites will appear.
Selected Asian Business Information Sources: China. This Library of Congress guide describes print, CD-ROM and Web sites focusing on Chinese business information.
U.S. China Business Council Links List. The focus of this list is commercial Web sites for the Chinese business sector including business services, trade shows and conferences, finance/economics and government Web sites.
Virtual Academy. This Web site, set up by the United States Congressional Executive Commission on China, provides a list of links on China including legal resources, news, and organizations. The “China’s Government” link has a narrative and graphical overview of China’s governmental structure (in English) with contact information and Web sites for national and provincial governments.
Washington State China Relations Council Useful Links. This site links to useful China-related Web sites covering such areas as international and local organizations, industry specific resources, business services, news resources, and governmental resources.
Additional Reading on the 2nd China Law & Business Seminar Topics
PRC Government Affairs: Strategically Combining Process with Substance
Ze Zhu and Barbara Krug, Central Unification Versus Local Diversity: China's Tax Regime, 1980s-2000s, Soc. Sci. Res. Network Working Paper Series, (Aug. 9, 2004).
John L. Graham & N. Mark Lam, The Chinese Negotiation, Harv. Bus. Rev., Oct. 1, 2003, at 82.
Anyuan Yuan, Foreign Direct Investments in China: Practical Problems of Complying with China’s Company Law and Laws for Foreign-Invested Enterprises, 20 Nw. J. Int’l L. & Bus. 475 (Spring 2000).
'Guanxi' = Connections, Which Can Be a Double-Edged Sword, China Bus. Insider, May 1, 2002, available at 2002 WL 20561590.
Wilfried R. Vanhonacker, Guanxi Networks in China, China Bus. Rev., May 1, 2004, at 48.
Carolyn Blackman, An Inside Guide to Negotiating, China Bus. Rev., May 1, 2000, at 44.
Carolyn Blackman, Local Government and Foreign Business, China Bus. Rev., May 1, 2001, at 2631.
George O. White III, Navigating the Cultural Malaise: Foreign Direct Investment Dispute Resolution in the People's Republic of China, 5 Transactions: Tenn. J. Bus. L. 55 (2003).
David L. Weller, Note, The Bureaucratic Heavy Hand in China: Legal Means for Foreign Investors to Challenge Agency Action, 98 Colum. L. Rev. 1238 (1998).
Seth Kaplan, A Practical Education: Learning How to Set Up a Company in China—the Hard Way, China Bus. Rev., Nov. 1, 1999, at 42.
The United Markets of China (Protectionism), Bus. China, Aug. 19, 2002, at 5.
Corporate Governance with PRC Characteristics
Oliver M. Rui et al., Corporate Governance and CEO Compensation in China, Soc. Sci. Res. Network Working Paper Series, (Sept. 2002).
Chong-En Bai et al., Corporate Governance and Firm Valuations in China, Soc. Sci. Res. Network Working Paper Series, (Nov. 2002).
Chong-En Bai et al., Corporate Governance and Market Valuation in China, William Davidson Institute Working Paper No. 564, (April 2003).
Shumo Cai & Yingxia Deng, Corporate Governance in China - Obstacles and Development, 29 Int'l Bus. Law. 455 (2001).
Donald C. Clarke, Corporate Governance in China: An Overview, 14 China Econ. Rev. 494 (2003).
Cindy Schipani and Junhai Liu, Corporate Governance in China: Then and Now, 2002 Colum. Bus. L. Rev. 1 (2002).
Yuwa Wei, Corporate Groups and Strategic Alliances: New Reform Instruments to the Chinese, 30 Denv. J. Int'l L. & Pol'y 395 (2002).
John Farrar, Developing Appropriate Corporate Governance in China, 22 Company Law. 92 (March 2001).
John Farrar, Developing Corporate Governance in Greater China, 25 U. New S. Wales L.J. 462 (2002).
Joaquin Matias, From Work-Unit to Corporations: the Role of Chinese Corporate Governance in a Transitional Market Economy, 12 N.Y. Int'l L. Rev. 1 (1999).
Edward Lehman, Independent Directors: Will the New Regulations Improve China's Corporate Governance?, 8 Corp. Couns., Oct. 2001, at 29.
Chien-Hsun Chen & Shih Hui-Tzu, Initial Public Offering and Corporate Governance in China's Transitional Economy, NBER Working Paper No. W9574, (Mar. 2003).
Yuwa Wei, An Overview of Corporate Governance in China, 30 Syracuse J. Int'l L. & Com. 23 (2003).
Guiping Lu, Private Enforcement of Securities Fraud Law in China: A Critique of the Supreme People’s Court 2003 Provisions Concerning Private Securities Litigation, 12 Pac. Rim L. & Pol’y J. 781 (2003).
Lay Hong Tan & JiangYu Wang, Proposing a Model for Corporate Governance in China's Listed Companies: Problems and Prospects, Soc. Sci. Res. Network Working Paper Series, (Mar. 31, 2004).
Yuwa Wei, Seeking a Practicable Chinese Model of Corporate Governance, 10 J. Int'l L. 393 (2001).
Delivering the Experience: Developing and Protecting Brand, Know-How & Feel
Frederick W. Mostert, China and Trademarks, 93 Trademark Rep. 122 (2003).
Daniel C. K. Chow, Counterfeiting in the People's Republic of China, 78 Wash. U. L.Q. 1 (2000).
Fang Fang & Jiarui Liu, Does What Works for ".com" also Work for ".cn"?: Comparative Study of Anti-Cybersquatting Legal Systems in the United States and China, 20 J. Marshall J. Computer & Info. L. 541 (2002).
Daniel C. K. Chow, Enforcement Against Counterfeiting in the People's Republic of China, 20 Nw. J. Int'l L. & Bus. 447 (2000).
Robert Bejesky, Investing in the Dragon: Managing the Patent versus Trade Secret Protection Decision for the Multinational Corporation in China, 11 Tulsa J. Comp. & Int'l L. 437-489 (2004).
Ann M. Weeks, IPR protection and Enforcement: A Guide, China Bus. Rev., Nov. 1, 2000, at 2833.
Zheng Chengsi, Looking into the Revision of the Trademark and Copyright Laws from the Perspective of China's Accession to WTO, 24 Eur. Intell. Prop. Rev. 313 (2002).
John Lin, How to Protect International Organizations' Names and Symbols in China, 25 Eur. Intell. Prop. Rev. 212 (2003).
Chiang Ling Li, New Chinese Trademark Law, 143 Trademark World 37 (2002).
Sebastian Hughes, New PRC Trademark Regulations, 54 Intell. Prop. Forum 84 (2003).
Xuemin Chen, Protecting Well-Known Marks, 161 Trademark World 36 (2003).
John Lin, Protection of International Organisations' Names and Symbols in China, 150 Trademark World 28 (2002).
Jessica Jiong Zhou, Trademark Law & Enforcement in China: A Transnational Perspective, 20 Wis. Int'l L.J. 415 (2002).
Ruixue Ran, Well-Known Trademark Protection in China: Before and After the TRIPS Amendments to China's Trademark Law, 19 UCLA Pac. Basin L.J. 231 (2002).
Edward Eugene Lehman et al., Well-Known Trademark Protection in the People's Republic of China--Evolution of the System, 26 Fordham Int'l L.J. 257 (2003).
Moving Products In & Out: Emerging Issues in PRC Customs Duties & Value Added Taxes
David D. Liu, China Promulgates New Tax and Customs Incentives, 20 Tax Notes Int'l 1727 (April 17, 2000).
Bin Yang, China's VAT: Difficulties with Further Reform and Proposed Solutions, 21 Tax Notes Int'l 2183 (November 6, 2000).
Christina Y. M. Ng, Customs Duty and Value-Added Tax on Importation of Capital Equipment to the People's Republic of China, 25 Int'l Tax J. 71 (1999).
Z. Jun. Lin, Evaluating the VAT in China, 30 Int'l Tax J. 65 (2004).
David D. Liu, Foreign-Invested Holding Companies Face Changes under Amended P.R.C. Tax Regs, 34 Tax Notes Int’l 513 (May 3, 2004).
Anthony M. Fay Jr., The P.R.C.'s New Consumption-Oriented VAT Regime, 35 Tax Notes Int'l 727 (August 23, 2004).
Lawrence Sussman, P.R.C. Tax Administration's Guidance for 'Tax-Free' Reorganizations can Leave FIEs Owing More, 27 Tax Notes Int'l 119 (July 1, 2002).
James G. S. Yang and Robert Zheshi, Problems Implementing the VAT in China, 30 Int'l Tax J. 46 (2004).
Christina Y. M. Ng & Samuel Y. S. Chan, Value-Added Tax in the People's Republic of China: Its Implementation and Impact on Foreign Investors, 25 Int’l Tax J. 23 (1999).
China Venture Capital: What Are the Trends? What Are the Challenges?
Li Mei Qin, Attracting Foreign Investment into the PRC: the Enactment of Foreign Investment Laws, 4 Sing. J. Int'l & Comp. L. 159 (2000).
Howard Chao & Stella Leung, China has Eased Foreign Venture Capital Deals; Although the Government has Indicated its Support, Investors Still Must be Wary of Pitfalls, Nat'l L.J., Nov. 22, 1999, at B14.
Anyuan Yuan, China's Entry into the WTO: Impact on China's Regulating Regime of Foreign Direct Investment, 35 Int'l Law. 195 (Spring 2001).
Guanghua Yu & Huaiyu Wang, Comparative Studies of Venture Capital Markets: Policy Implications for China, 14 Austl. J. Corp. L. 26 (2002).
Peggy H. Fu, Developing Venture Capital Laws in China: Lessons Learned from the United States, Germany, and Japan, 23 Loy. L.A. Int'l & Comp. L. Rev. 487 (2001).
George O. White, Enter the Dragon: Foreign Direct Investment Laws and Policies in the P.R.C., 29 N.C. J. Int’l L. & Com. Reg. 35 (2003).
Anyuan Yuan, Foreign Direct Investments in China--Practical Problems of Complying with China's Company Law and Laws for Foreign-Invested Enterprises, 20 Nw. J. Int'l L. & Bus. 475 (2000).
Garry D. Bruton & David Ahlstrom, An Institutional View of China's Venture Capital Industry: Explaining the Differences between China and the West, 18 J. of Bus. Venturing 233 (2003).
Susan S. M. Leung, Legal Aspects of Contributing Technology as Capital Investment to Joint Ventures in China, 36 Asia Bus. L. Rev. 45 (2002).
Xin Zhang, Legal Planning for Venture Capital Investment in China, 10 Int’l Company & Com. L. Rev. 158 (1999).
John Gordon & Xuhua Huang, The New Climate for International Investment in China: Key Reforms Open Up China's Financial Services, Venture Capital, and Logistics Sectors, 26 L.A. Law. 12 (2003).
Shumu Cai & Yingxia Deng, New Horizon for FIEs: Listing in China, 30 Int'l Bus. Law. 41 (2002).
Lawrence Sussman, P.R.C. Issues Guidance on M&As, Venture Capital Transactions, 30 Tax Notes Int'l 1302 (June 30, 2003).
Christopher Vaughn, Venture Capital in China: Developing a Regulatory Framework, 16 Colum. J. Asian L. 227 (2002).
Michael E. Burke, Venture Capital Options Expand--A Bit, China Bus. Rev., July 1, 2003, at 24.
Selected Books and Journal Articles on Chinese Law – The 2004 Year in Review
Books
Andrew Aglionby et al., Arbitration in China: a practical guide, (Jerome A. Cohen et al. eds., Sweet & Maxwell Asia 2004, 2 v. ISBN: 9626612460)
Jingzhou Tao, Arbitration law and practice in China, (Kluwer Law International, 2004, 331 p. ISBN: 9041122370)
Deborah Cao, Chinese law: a language perspective, (Ashgate, 2004, 225 p. ISBN: 0754624358)
Chenglin Liu, Chinese law on SARS, (W.S. Hein, 2004, 186 p. ISBN: 0837734061)
Contract and property in early modern China, (Madeleine Zelin et al. eds., Stanford University Press, 2004, 398 p. ISBN: 0804746397)
Holding up half the sky: Chinese women past, present and future, (Shirley Mow et al. eds., Feminist Press at the City University of New York, 2004, 352 p. ISBN: 1558614656)
Tan Loke Khoon, Pirates in the Middle Kingdom: the art of trademark war, (Sweet & Maxwell Asia, 2004, 490 p. ISBN: 9626612339)
Journal Articles
Anti-Dumping
M. Ulric Killion, Quest for legal safeguards for foreign exporters under China's anti-dumping regime, 29 N.C. J. Int'l L. & Com. Reg. 417 (2004).
Banking
Li Guo, Financial holding company or universal bank? A comparative note on the latest amendment to China's Commercial Bank Law art. 43, 121 Banking L.J. 883 (2004).
Constitution
Daniel R. Fung, Constitutional reform in China: the case of Hong Kong, 39 Tex. Int'l L.J. 467 (2004).
Criminal Law
Robert Bejesky, Falun Gong & re-education through labor: traditional rehabilitation for the 'misdirected' to protect societal stability within China's evolving criminal justice system, 17 Colum. J. Asian L. 147 (2004).
Randall Peerenboom, Out of the pan and into the fire: well-intentioned but misguided recommendations to eliminate all forms of administrative detention in China, 98 Nw. U. L. Rev. 991 (2004).
Dispute Resolution
William Heye, Forum selection for international dispute resolution in China - Chinese courts vs. CIETAC, 27 Hastings Int'l & Comp. L. Rev. 535 (2004).
Environmental Law
Meixian Li, China's compliance with WTO requirements will improve the efficiency and effective implementation of environmental laws in China, 18 Temp. Int'l & Comp. L.J. 155 (2004).
Samuel A. Rodabough, Where the Oregon trail meets the silk road: why China's path to sustainability should bypass Oregon, 13 Pac. Rim L. & Pol'y J. 199 (2004).
Family Law
Charles J. Ogletree, Jr. & Rangita de Silva-de Alwis, The recently revised marriage law of China: the promise and the reality, 13 Tex. J. Women & L. 251 (2004).
Foreign Exchange
Thomas Hall, Controlling for risk: an analysis of China's system of foreign exchange and exchange rate management, 17 Colum. J. Asian L. 433 (2004).
Freedom of Religion
Anne S.Y. Cheung, In search of a theory of cult and freedom of religion in China: the case of Falun Gong, 13 Pac. Rim L. & Pol'y J. 1 (2004).
Judgments
Arthur Anyuan Yuan, Enforcing and collecting money judgments in China from a U.S. judgment creditor's perspective, 36 Geo. Wash. Int'l L. Rev. 757 (2004).
Judicial Review
M. Ulric Killion, Post-WTO China and independent judicial review, 26 Hous. J. Int'l L. 507 (2004).
Human Rights
Mark J. Leavy, Discrediting human rights abuse as an 'act of state': a case study on the repression of the Falun Gong in China and commentary on international human rights law in U.S. courts, 35 Rutgers L.J. 749 (2004).
Immigration
Benjamin Neaderland, Quandary on the Yalu: international law, politics, and China's North Korean refugee crisis, 40 Stan. J. Int'l L. 143 (2004).

Intellectual Property

Alisa Cahan, China's protection of famous and well-known marks: the impact of China's latest trademark law reform on infringement and remedies, 12 Cardozo J. Int'l & Comp. L. 219 (2004).

Mark S. Sommers & Virginia L. Carton, Counterfeit corner (China enacted new counterfeiting laws on trademark registration and system), IP Litigator, March-April 2004, at 38.

Xue Hong, Domain name dispute resolution in China: a comprehensive review, 18 Temp. Int'l & Comp. L.J. 1 (2004).

Robert Bejesky, Investing in the dragon: managing the patent versus trade secret protection decision for the multinational corporation in China, 11 Tulsa J. Comp. & Int'l L. 437 (2004).

Ingrid W. Zhu-Clark & Alex Wang, IP protection for foreign pharmaceutical companies in China, Licensing J., May 2004, at 11.

Xue Hong, The voice of China: a story of Chinese-character domain names, 12 Cardozo J. Int'l & Comp. L. 559 (2004).
Internet Law

Fuping Gao, The e-commerce legal environment in China: status quo and issues, 18 Temp. Int'l & Comp. L.J. 51 (2004).

Assafa Endeshaw, Internet regulation in China: the never-ending cat and mouse game, 13 Info. & Comm. Tech. L. 41 (2004).
Legal System

Pitman B. Potter, Legal reform in China: institutions, culture, and selective adaptation, 29 Law & Soc. Inquiry 465 (2004).

Arwen Joyce & Tracye Winfrey, Taming the red dragon: a realistic assessment of the ABA's legal reform efforts in China, 17 Geo. J. Legal Ethics 887 (2004).
Mergers & Acquisitions
Michael E. Burke, Mergers and acquisition in the People's Republic of China, 16 Int'l Q. 50 (2004).
Property

Joyce Palomar, Contributions legal scholars can make to development economics: examples from China, 45 Wm. & Mary L. Rev. 1011 (2004).

Frank Xianfeng Huang, The path to clarity: development of property rights in China, 17 Colum. J. Asian L. 191 (2004).
Reproductive Rights
Hannah Saona, The protection of reproductive rights under international law: the Bush administration's policy shift and China's family planning practices, 13 Pac. Rim L. & Pol'y J. 229 (2004)
Securities
Zhongle Zhan & Fengying Li, Securities supervision and judicial review, 13 Pac. Rim L. & Pol'y J. 329 (2004).
Sports Law
Dustin C. Lane, From Mao to Yao: a new game plan for China in the era of basketball globalization, 13 Pac. Rim L. & Pol'y J. 127 (2004).
Tax

Philip Anderson et al., China (Global Transfer Pricing Update), 36 Tax Notes Int'l 531 (Nov. 8, 2004).

Philip Anderson & Rose Wen, China (Global Transfer Pricing Update), 35 Tax Notes Int'l 612 (Aug. 16, 2004).

Wei Shu, China intensifies transfer pricing enforcement, 35 Tax Notes Int'l 491 (Aug. 9, 2004).

Peng Tao & Stephen Nelson, China (P.R.C. Worldwide Tax Overview: 2003 in Review), 33 Tax Notes Int'l 21 (Jan. 5, 2004).

Martin Przysuski & Srini Lalapet, China releases APA implementation guidance (advanced pricing arrangements), 36 Tax Notes Int'l 7 (Oct. 4, 2004).

Jinyan Li, China's transfer pricing rules undergo major revision, 36 Tax Notes Int'l 816 (Dec. 6, 2004).

Jinyan Li, Death and taxes - two certainties combined in the P.R.C. VAT system, 36 Tax Notes Int'l 859 (Dec. 6, 2004).

David D. Liu, Foreign-invested holding companies face changes under amended P.R.C. tax regs, 34 Tax Notes Int'l 513 (May 3, 2004).

Anthony M. Fay, Jr., The P.R.C.'s new consumption-oriented VAT regime, 35 Tax Notes Int'l 727 (Aug. 23, 2004).

Lawrence Sussman, P.R.C. Tax Office issues guidance on domestic M&As, 34 Tax Notes Int'l 453 (May 3, 2004).
Women’s Rights
M. Ulric Killion, Post-WTO China: quest for human rights safeguards in sexual harassment against working women, 12 Tul. J. Int'l & Comp. L. 201 (2004).
WTO

Karen Halverson, China's WTO accession: economic, legal, and political implications, 27 B.C. Int'l & Comp. L. Rev. 319 (2004).

Jing Ma, Product-specific safeguard in China's WTO accession agreement: an analysis of its terms and its initial application in section 421 investigations, 22 B.U. Int'l L.J. 189 (2004).
Selected Books and Journal Articles in English on Chinese Law - The 2005 Year in Review
Books
John Gillespie & Pip Nicholson, Asian socialism & legal change: the dynamics of Vietnamese and Chinese reform, Canberra: Asia Pacific Press, 2005, 340 p. ISBN: 0731537157.
Guifang Xue, China and international fisheries law and policy, Boston: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2005, 320 p. ISBN: 9004148140.
James M. Zimmerman, China law deskbook: a legal guide for foreign-invested enterprises, Chicago, IL: ABA Section of International Law, 2005, 1171 p. ISBN: 159031364X.
Chinalaw profiles: a bilingual guide to greater China’s law firms and legal markets, Hong Kong: Asia Law & Practice, 2005.
Kristen Day, China's environment and the challenge of sustainable development, Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 2005, 293 p. ISBN: 0765614707.
Keyuan Zou, China's marine legal system and the law of the sea, Boston: Martinus Nijhoff, 2005, 377 p. ISBN: 9004144234.
Henry Gao & Donald Lewis, China's participation in the WTO, London: Cameron May Ltd., 2005, 486 p. ISBN: 1905017154.
Dong Wang, China's unequal treaties: narrating national history, Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2005, 179 p. ISBN: 0739112082.
Wei Luo, Chinese law and legal research, Buffalo, NY: W.S. Hein, 2005, 380 p. ISBN: 0837734096 .
Mark Williams, Competition policy and law in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005, 471 p. ISBN: 052183631X.
Neil Jeffrey Diamant, Stanley B. Lubman & Kevin J. O'Brien, Engaging the law in China: state, society, and possibilities for justice, Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2005, 240 p. ISBN: 0804750483.
Yanni Yan, Foreign investment and corporate governance in China, New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005, 283 p. ISBN: 1403943621.
Foreign trade and investment in China: legal perspectives, Hong Kong: CCH Asia Pte Ltd., 2005, 214 p. ISBN: 9814180939.
Yuwen Li, Freedom of association in China and Europe: comparative perspectives in law and practice, Boston: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2005, 448 p. ISBN: 900414840X .
Jiang Yonglin, The Great Ming Code: Da Ming lü, Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2005, 319 p. ISBN: 029598449X.
Peter Ganea, Thomas Pattloch, & Christopher Heath, Intellectual property law in China, New York, NY: Kluwer Law International, 2005, 388 p. ISBN: 9041123407.
Jian Li & Alan Paisey, International transfer pricing in Asia Pacific: perspective on trade between Australia, New Zealand and China, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005, 265 p. ISBN: 1403991677.
Jonsson Yinya Li, Investing in China: the emerging venture capital industry, London: GMB Publishing, 2005, 361 p. ISBN: 1905050135.
Alan Tang, Insolvency in China and Hong Kong: a practitioner's perspective, Hong Kong: Sweet & Maxwell Asia, 2005, 1086 p. ISBN: 9626612746.
Vai Io Lo & Xiaowen Tian, Law and investment in China: the legal and business environments after WTO accession, New York: RoutledgeCurzon, 2005, 386 p. ISBN: 0415324793.
John W. Head & Yanping Wang, Law codes in dynastic China: a synopsis of Chinese legal history in the thirty centuries from Zhou to Qing, Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press, 2005, 261 p. ISBN 1594600392.
Guiguo Wang, The law of the WTO: China and the future of free trade, Hong Kong: Sweet & Maxwell Asia, 2005, 1075 p. ISBN: 9626612584.
Wenhua Shan, The legal framework of EU-China investment relations: a critical appraisal, Portland, OR: Hart, 2005, 377 p. ISBN: 1841133914.
Hualing Fu, Carole Petersen & Simon Young, National security and fundamental freedoms: Hong Kong's Article 23 under scrutiny, Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2005, 483 p. ISBN: 9622097324.
DeHeng Law Offices, People's Republic of China corporate secretarial practice manual, Sweet & Maxwell Asia, 2005, (loose-leaf), ISBN: 9626612835.
Andrew Mertha, The politics of piracy: intellectual property in contemporary China, Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2005, 241 p. ISBN: 0801443644.
Lawrence T. Lau, PRC accounting law and practice, Hong Kong: Thomson Sweet & Maxwell Asia, 2005, 1129 p. ISBN: 9626612770.
Myron H. Nordquist, John Norton Moore & Kuncheng Fu, Recent developments in the law of the sea and China, Boston: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2005, 516 p. ISBN: 9004148418.

Chaowu Jin, The regulatory environment of Chinese taxation, Buffalo, NY: W.S. Hein, 2005, ISBN: 0837733251.
Owen D. Nee, Shareholder agreements and joint ventures in the PRC, Hong Kong: Sweet & Maxwell Asia, 2005, 512 p. ISBN: 9626612967.
Kemal Bokhary, Neville Sarony & D.K. Srivastava, Tort law and practice in Hong Kong, Hong Kong: Sweet & Maxwell Asia, 2005, 1184 p. ISBN: 9626612592.
John B Knight & Lina Song, Towards a Labour Market in China, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005, 320 p. ISBN: 0199245274.
Qingjiang Kong, WTO, internationalization and the intellectual property rights regime in China, Singapore: Marshall Cavendish Academic, 2005, 231 p. ISBN: 981210416X.
Journal Articles (by topic)
Administrative Procedure
Arthur K.C. Cheung, China’s administrative litigation law, 2005 Public Law 549.
Adoption
Nili Luo and David M. Smolin, Intercountry adoption and China: emerging questions and developing Chinese perspectives, 35 Cumberland Law Review 598 (2005).
Antitrust

Kevin X. Li, Pizhao Che, & Ming Du, Antitrust control of mergers and acquisitions: a case study of China, 2005 Journal of Business Law 597.

H. Stephen Harris, Jr., An Overview of the Draft China Antimonopoly Law, 34 Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law 131 (2005).
Arbitration

Eu Jin Chua, Arbitration in the People's Republic of China, 20 Journal of International Banking Law and Regulation 559 (2005).

Dennis Unkovic, Enforcing Arbitration Awards in China, 59 Dispute Resolution Journal 68 (2005).

Sarah E. Hilmer, New arbitration rules of the China International Economics and Trade Arbitration Commission, 16 Australasian Dispute Resolution Journal 280 (2005).

Kong Yuan, Revision of China's 1994 Arbitration Act - some suggestions from a judicalization perspective, 22 Journal of International Arbitration 323 (2005).
Banking

Berry Fong-Chung Hsu, Douglas Arner, Qun Wan & Wei Wang, Banking Liberalization and Restructuring in Post-WTO China, 21 Banking & Finance Law Review 23 (2005).

Loren Brandt, Hongbin Li & Joanne Roberts, Banks and enterprise privatization in China, 21 Journal of Law, Economics and Organization 524 (2005).

Catherine Shen Xiaolin, China's regulation of foreign invested enterprises and foreign financial institution, 20 Journal of International Banking Law and Regulation 325 (2005).

Dongwook Lee, The hidden bombs are ready to tick: China's banking market for foreign investors after the WTO accession, 35 Hong Kong Law Journal 205 (2005).

Carol G. Liu, Scaling the Great Wall: an analysis of foreign banks' entry into China, 9 North Carolina Banking Institute 397 (2005).
Bankruptcy
Eu Jin Chua, China's central government sets short timetable for bankruptcy law reform, 20 Journal of International Banking Law and Regulation 610 (2005).
Commercial Law
Chenxia Shi, Commercial development and regulation in late imperial China: an historical review, 35 Hong Kong Law Journal 481 (2005).
Constitutional Law

Ulric M. Killion, China's amended constitution: quest for liberty and independent judicial review, 4 Washington University Global Studies Law Review 43 (2005).

Hal Blanchard, Constitutional Revisionism in the PRC: Seeking Truth from Facts, 17 Florida Journal of International Law 365 (2005).

C. George Cleeman, The proposal to implement article 23 of the basic law in Hong Kong: a missed opportunity for reconciliation and reunification between China and Taiwan, 33 Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law 705 (2005).
Construction Law
Rico Chan, New licensing requirements for project managers in China, 22 International Construction Law Review 412 (2005).
Contract Law

Ni Zhu, A case study of legal transplant: the possibility of efficient breach in China, 36 Georgetown Journal of International Law 1145 (2005).

Jay Jie Ze, Anticipatory breach of contract - the PRC system and English comparisons, 2005 Lloyds Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly 253.
Corporate Law

Jiong Deng, Building an investor-friendly shareholder derivative lawsuit system in China, 46 Harvard International Law Journal 347 (2005).

Hui Huang, China's takeover law: a comparative analysis and proposals for reform, 30 Delaware Journal of Corporate Law 145 (2005).

Jin Zhu Yang, Comparative corporate governance: reforming Chinese corporate governance, 16 International Company and Commercial Law Review 8 (2005).

Colin Law & Patricia Wong, Corporate governance: a comparative analysis between the United Kingdom and China, 16 International Company and Commercial Law Review 350 (2005).

Benjamin Kroymann, Establishing a Regional Headquarters in China: A Comparative Analysis of Legal Frameworks at National Level and in Shanghai Municipality, 13 Asia Pacific Law Review 167 (2005).

Lilian Miles & Miao He, Protecting the rights and interests of minority shareholders in listed companies in China: challenges for the future, 16 International Company and Commercial Law Review 275 (2005).

Nicholas C. Howson, Regulation of companies with publicly listed share capital in the People's Republic of China, 38 Cornell International Law Journal 237 (2005).

Guanghua Yu, Takeovers in China: the case against uniformity in corporate governance, 34 Common Law World Review 169 (2005).
Criminal Law

Benjamin Van Rooij, China's war on graft: politico-legal campaigns against corruption in China and their similarities to the legal reaction to crisis in the U.S., 14 Pacific Rim Law and Policy Journal 289 (2005).

Fu Hualing, Zhou Yongkang and the recent police reform in China, 38 Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology 241 (2005).
Dispute Resolution

Haini Guo & Bardley Klein, Bargaining in the shadow of the community: neighborly dispute resolution in Beijing Hutongs, 20 Ohio State Journal on Dispute Resolution 825 (2005).

Wang Wenying, The role of conciliation in resolving disputes: a P.R.C. perspective, 20 Ohio State Journal on Dispute Resolution 421 (2005).
Energy
Margret J. Kim & Robert E. Jones, China's energy security and the climate change conundrum, 19 Natural Resources & Environment 3 (2005).
Environmental Law

Li Zhiping, The Challenges of China's Discharge Permit System and Effective Solutions, 24 Temple Journal of Science, Technology & Environmental Law 375 (2005).

Charu Sharma, Chinese endangered species at the brink of extinction: a critical look at the current law and policy in China, 11 Animal Law 215 (2005).

Debbie Wang, The dangers of breathing: indoor air pollution's impact on rural China, 23 Boston University International Law Journal 137 (2005).

Rebecca M. Bratspies, The Devil in the Details: A Reaction to Wu Changhua's Improving the Legal and Policy Foundation for Public Access to Environmental Information in China, 24 Temple Journal of Science, Technology & Environmental Law 287 (2005).

Dean Hill Rivkin, Environmental Justice: A Universal Discourse, 24 Temple Journal of Science, Technology & Environmental Law 249 (2005).

Ke Jian, Environmental Justice: Can an American Discourse Make Sense in Chinese Environmental Law?, 24 Temple Journal of Science, Technology & Environmental Law 253 (2005).

Joseph W. Dellapenna, A Few Words on Law and the Environment in China, 24 Temple Journal of Science, Technology & Environmental Law 367 (2005).

Chang Jiwen, How to Harmonize Community Autonomy and Administrative Responsibility in Environmental Decision Making: Environmental Hearing Institutions in Wuhan, 24 Temple Journal of Science, Technology & Environmental Law 229 (2005).

Wu Changhua, Improving the Legal and Policy Foundation for Public Access to Environmental Information in China, 24 Temple Journal of Science, Technology & Environmental Law 291 (2005).

Hari M. Osofsky, Popular Sovereignty, Geography, and Public Participation in Environmental Decision Making in China, 24 Temple Journal of Science, Technology & Environmental Law 225 (2005).

Zunxuan Chen, Tackling China's Water Pollution Problem: A Legal and Institutional Perspective from Taihu Lake Water Pollution Control, 24 Temple Journal of Science, Technology & Environmental Law 325 (2005).

U.S.-China Roundtables: Fostering Cross-Cultural Dialogue and Scholarship, 24 Temple Journal of Science, Technology & Environmental Law 219 (2005).
Family Law

Yinlan Xia, The legal system of guardianship over minors in the People’s Republic of China, 39 Family Law Quarterly 477 (2005).

Christie N. Love, Not in our country? A critique of the United States welfare system through the lens of China's one-child law, 14 Columbia Journal of Gender and Law 142 (2005).

Chen Wei & Ran Qi-Yu, A study of the system of spousal maintenance on divorce: a comparison between China and Russia, 19 International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family 310 (2005).
Foreign Exchange

Xinchen Sofia Lou, Challenging China's fixed exchange rate regime: an analysis of U.S. options, 28 Hastings International and Comparative Law Review 455 (2005).

M. Ulric Killion, China's foreign currency regime: the Kagan thesis and legalification of the WTO agreement, 14 Minnesota Journal of Global Trade 43 (2005).

Martin A. Sullivan, U.S. pork and the price of tea in China (economic linkages between eastern and western markets and trade), 107 Tax Notes 1355 (2005).
Foreign Investment

Victor Q. Sun, Foreign investment opportunities in China's leasing sector, 38 Tax Notes International 909 (2005).

Jie Chen, Guide to establishing a subsidiary in China, 25 Licensing Journal 7 (2005).
Foreign Relations

Zhiyuan Cui, The Bush Doctrine and neoconservatism: a Chinese perspective, 46 Harvard International Law Journal 403 (2005).

Lyle Golstein, China in the New Central Asia: the fen (RMB) is mightier than the sword, 29 Fletcher Forum of World Affairs 13 (2005).
Franchising

Rebecca Ordish, The franchising regime in China-is it worth the risks?, 62 Intellectual Property Forum 41 (2005).

Erik B. Wulff, International franchising, 39 International Lawyer 325 (2005).

Erik B. Wulff & Tao Xu, Franchise regulation in China, 25 Franchise Law Journal 19 (2005).
Health Law
Chenglin Liu, Regulating SARS in China: law as an antidote?, 4 Washington University Global Studies Law Review 81 (2005).
Human Rights

Randall Peerenboom, Assessing human rights in China: why the double standard?, 38 Cornell International Law Journal 71 (2005).

Sophia Woodman, Human Rights as Foreign Affairs: China's Reporting under Human Rights Treaties, 35 Hong Kong Law Journal 179 (2005).

Robert Bejesky, United States obligations under international law and the Falun Gong v. Jiang Zemin lawsuit: a justified reaction to a threat to public security or genocide? You decide, 11 Journal International Law and Policy 295 (2005).

Erin Bergeson Hull, When Is the Unmarried Partner of an Alien Who Has Been Forcibly Subjected to Abortion or Sterilization a Spouse for the Purpose of Asylum Eligibility? The Diverging Opinions of Ma v. Ashcroft and Chen v. Ashcroft, 2005 Utah Law Review 1021.
Intellectual Property

Ke Shao, Alien to copyright? A reconsideration of the Chinese historical episodes of copyright, 2005 Intellectual Property Quarterly 400.

Simon Teng, All together now (collective copyright administration regulation - China), 150 Copyright World 8 (2005).

An Qinghu, China's criminal sanctions for intellectual property offences, 180 Trademark World 19 (2005).

Ke Shao, Look at my sign! Trademarks in China from antiquity to the early modern times, 87 Journal of the Patent and Trademark Office Society 654 (2005).

Deming Liu, Now the Wolf Has Indeed Come! Perspective on the Patent Protection of Biotechnology Inventions in China, 53 American Journal of Comparative Law 207 (2005).

Nilay Patel, Open Source and China: Inverting Copyright?, 23 Wisconsin International Law Journal 781 (2005).

Cynthia Smith, A Practical Guide to Chinese Patent Law, 29 Seton Hall Legislative Journal 643 (2005).

Guifeng Shi, Lingnan Ouyang, & Qingsheng Zhang, Policies of software protection: the practice of China, 21 Computer Law & Security Report 338 (2005).

Manesh Jiten Shah, Problems with sharing the pirates' booty: an analysis of TRIPs, the copyright divide between the United States and China & two potential solutions, 5 Richmond