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The Peter Humphrey/Yu Yingzeng Case And Business Intelligence In China, Donald C. Clarke
The Peter Humphrey/Yu Yingzeng Case And Business Intelligence In China, Donald C. Clarke
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The case of Peter Humphrey and Yu Yingzeng, convicted in China on August 2014 on charges of unlawful acquisition of citizens’ personal information, raises important issues about Chinese law. A narrow but important issue is how Chinese law draws the line between lawful and unlawful acquisition of information, a practice routinely carried out by businesses and individuals. This article examines the trial transcript and judgment in the Humphrey/Yu case and finds that it sheds regrettably little light on what remains a murky question. A broader issue is whether the Chinese legal system can be counted on to operate in a …