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Experts Speculate on Outcome in Chinese Fugitive Case
Posted on 12 Jun 2015 by Daniel M. Kowalski

"As China's most-wanted economic fugitives sits in a New Jersey jail seeking asylum in the United States, legal observers say the US and China may resolve her status through diplomacy. The first hearing for Yang Xiuzhu took place on Tuesday at... Read More

Tags: xiuzhu , experts , corruption , China , fugitive , asylum , yale-loehr

Opposition to Corruption as Political Opinion: Yu v. Holder and its Predecessors
Posted on 14 Sep 2012 by Daniel M. Kowalski

" On September 7, 2012, the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued a precedential opinion in Ruqiang Yu v. Holder , No. 11-2546-ag , reaffirming that opposition to corruption may under some circumstances qualify as a political opinion upon... Read More

Tags: isaacson , corruption , asylum

CA2 on Opposition to Corruption in China as Political Opinion: Yu v. Holder
Posted on 7 Sep 2012 by Daniel M. Kowalski

"Ruqiang Yu petitions for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals that affirmed the Immigration Judge’s decision denying Yu’s application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture... Read More

Tags: Second Circuit , political opinion , corruption , China , yu , asylum , ca2