Transborder Fugitives, Extradition, and Political Crimes in Modern China, 9781009456036
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China’s forgotten extradition battles reveal the global reach of political crime.
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Transborder Fugitives, Extradition, and Political Crimes in Modern China

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    310 pages

  • Release Date

    31 October 2025

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Summary

Shadows of Justice: Extradition and Political Crimes in Modern China

Uncovering a series of landmark but often overlooked extradition cases between China and foreign powers from the 1860s to the 1920s, this study challenges the prevailing conception that political crimes in China were solely a domestic phenomenon. Extradition and extraterritoriality played an important role in shaping laws and regulations related to political crimes in modern China.

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Book Details

ISBN-13:9781009456036
ISBN-10:1009456032
Series:Studies in Legal History
Author:Jenny Huangfu Day
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Imprint:Cambridge University Press
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:310
Release Date:31 October 2025
Weight:0g
About The Author

Jenny Huangfu Day

Jenny Huangfu Day is Associate Professor of History and the Francis Young Tang ‘61 Chair in China Studies at Skidmore College. She is the author of Qing Travelers to the Far West: Diplomacy and the Information Order in Late Imperial China (2018).

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