At his China Heritage blog, Geremie Barmé translated a tribute from former Tsinghua University law professor Xu Zhangrun, whose mistreatment over his criticism of China’s COVID response was extensively chronicled at CDT, China Heritage, and on Cohen’s own blog.
fredag 3. oktober 2025
EROME COHEN, THE “EVERGREEN PINE OF RULE OF LAW IN CHINA,” REMEMBERED
The death of Jerome Cohen last week at the age of 95 prompted a wave of tributes to the legendary professor of Chinese law. Outside legal circles, Cohen may have been best known for his involvement in the escape from China of legal activist Chen Guangcheng, and he was frequently and energetically outspoken in support of others suffering official repression in China. Besides frequently discussing their cases with reporters, he also embraced blogging [link currently inactive] , and in 2020 co-hosted a ten-part online seminar on "Law, Justice and Human Rights in China."
At his China Heritage blog, Geremie Barmé translated a tribute from former Tsinghua University law professor Xu Zhangrun, whose mistreatment over his criticism of China’s COVID response was extensively chronicled at CDT, China Heritage, and on Cohen’s own blog.
At his China Heritage blog, Geremie Barmé translated a tribute from former Tsinghua University law professor Xu Zhangrun, whose mistreatment over his criticism of China’s COVID response was extensively chronicled at CDT, China Heritage, and on Cohen’s own blog.
