Halfway to Freedom of Information
the legislative and judicial protection of the right of access to information in china
$404.67
- Hardcover
304 pages
- Release Date
5 January 2026
Summary
Halfway to Freedom: Assessing China’s Access to Information Law
A right of access to information (ATI) was introduced to China in 2007, creating uncertain hopes that freedom of information may flourish in this party-state with ingrained traditions of secrecy. This book is the first comprehensive assessment of the law and enforcement relating to Chinese citizens’ ATI right.
It reviews the labyrinth of Chinese laws that bear on government information disclosure and examines th…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781472462657 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1472462653 |
| Author: | Yongxi Chen |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 5 January 2026 |
| Weight: | 0g |
| Dimensions: | 246mm x 174mm |
| Series: | The Rule of Law in China and Comparative Perspectives |
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About The Author
Yongxi Chen
Yongxi Chen is a Senior Research Assistant at the Faculty of Law of The University of Hong Kong. He has published on freedom of information, personal data protection and comparative administrative law. He has participated in preparing the drafts of China’s first local regulation on freedom of information and other local legislation on informatization. Before receiving his PhD in Law at the University of Hong Kong in 2013, he obtained a postgraduate diploma in European law at Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, and his LLM and LLB at Sun Yat-sen University, China.
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