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China Human Rights and Rule of Law Update - August 2005
Events
HEARING: Law in Political Transitions: Lessons from East Asia and the Road Ahead for China
The Commission held a hearing entitled "Law in Political Transitions: Lessons from East Asia and the Road Ahead for China," on July 26 in the Senate Dirksen Office Building. The hearing assessed the state of China's rule of law development and the role of legal institutions in political transitions in Taiwan and South Korea to see whether these experiences suggest a path ahead for China. The panelists were: Gretchen Birkle, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Department of State; Jerome A. Cohen, Professor of Law, New York University School of Law, Adjunct Senior Fellow on Asia, Council on Foreign Relations, and Of Counsel, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison; John Fuh-sheng Hsieh, Professor, Department of Government and International Studies, University of South Carolina; and John K. Ohnesorge, Professor of Law and Professor and Assistant Director of East Asian Legal Studies, University of Wisconsin Law School.
The statements of Senator Chuck Hagel (R-Nebraska), Chairman of the Commission, and Congressman Jim Leach (R-Iowa), Co-Chairman of the Commission, are also available on the Commission's Web site.