不要绝望。中国不会很快消失。
我是一个玻璃杯半满的人，这意味着当我阅读和听到媒体、推特、学术界和博客圈（包括本博客）传出的所有坏消息和悲观（通常是经过充分研究的）意见时，我仍然认为一定有一条可行的、更好的前进道路，在
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刚从印第安纳大学布卢明顿毛勒法学院的国际法课程教学中回来。我和一位经验丰富的优秀法学教授汉娜-布克鲍姆教授一起教授这门课程。Buxbaum教授是个强人，我从她和班上的学生那里学到了很多东西。教学
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There is an old saying how lawyers do well in good times and in bad times; just not when everything stays the same. Times are mostly bad right now with China, and our China lawyers have in 2019 seen and likely will continue to see in 2020 a lot of the following: 1. China is cracking
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