Marianne von Blomberg
@mariannevblomberg.bsky.social
Researcher. Heart in Hangzhou and mind with Chinese law, regulatory evolution, social credit, standards-driven governance.
Based at CologneU, soon HongKongU.
https://linktr.ee/mariannevonblomberg
Based at CologneU, soon HongKongU.
https://linktr.ee/mariannevonblomberg
It's here! @cliu.bsky.social and I found Techno-orientalism in the public media debate. Turns out the imaginary Chinese Social Credit System is useful for U.S. audiences to come to terms with domestic fears of tech development, state surveillance, and China's rise
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Techno-Orientalism in the U.S. Media: The Case of "China's Social Credit System"
The portrayal of China's Social Credit System (SCS) as an Orwellian scoring scheme through which the Communist Party controls citizens' every step proliferates
papers.ssrn.com
September 24, 2025 at 12:42 PM
It's here! @cliu.bsky.social and I found Techno-orientalism in the public media debate. Turns out the imaginary Chinese Social Credit System is useful for U.S. audiences to come to terms with domestic fears of tech development, state surveillance, and China's rise
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Great one!
In June, China overhauled its public order offenses law for the first time in 20 years. The revision recalibrated administrative detention, enacted a compromise scheme to modestly expand hearing rights & grappled with proposed vague offenses.
Part 1 of our coverage:
npcobserver.com/2025/08/18/c...
Part 1 of our coverage:
npcobserver.com/2025/08/18/c...
China’s Revised Law of Public Order Offenses (Part 1): Physical Liberty, Due Process, and Speech vs. Public Security Administration
In the first revision to China's Public Security Administration Punishments Law, lawmakers recalibrated use of administrative detention, compromised on hearing rights, and grappled with proposed
npcobserver.com
August 19, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Great one!
My baby @eclrhub.bsky.social is now here, too!
Follow us for latest findings related to Chinese law, Q&A with authors, event announcements, CfPs and all the other fun things for China law nerds.
Follow us for latest findings related to Chinese law, Q&A with authors, event announcements, CfPs and all the other fun things for China law nerds.
July 24, 2025 at 5:13 PM
My baby @eclrhub.bsky.social is now here, too!
Follow us for latest findings related to Chinese law, Q&A with authors, event announcements, CfPs and all the other fun things for China law nerds.
Follow us for latest findings related to Chinese law, Q&A with authors, event announcements, CfPs and all the other fun things for China law nerds.
...and we are back to "catalogued management 目录管理". The State Council sheds light on cross-departmental data sharing. The emphasis on catal. mgmt is promising for clarity over what flows into social credit assessments. Might reign in currently wild assessment production...
www.gov.cn/zhengce/cont...
www.gov.cn/zhengce/cont...
政务数据共享条例_电子政务_中国政府网
《政务数据共享条例》已经2025年5月9日国务院第59次常务会议通过，现予公布，自2025年8月1日起施行。
www.gov.cn
June 4, 2025 at 11:30 AM
...and we are back to "catalogued management 目录管理". The State Council sheds light on cross-departmental data sharing. The emphasis on catal. mgmt is promising for clarity over what flows into social credit assessments. Might reign in currently wild assessment production...
www.gov.cn/zhengce/cont...
www.gov.cn/zhengce/cont...
Reposted by Marianne von Blomberg
Did you know the Chinese gov publishes an official list of public-facing generative AI tools operating in China? I spent the last six months cataloging and analyzing all 3,739 of them. Here are my early findings – and my data set. Exec sum in thread. 1/9 triviumchina.com/research/see...
Seeking the next DeepSeek: What China’s generative AI registration data can tell us about China’s AI competitiveness – Trivium China
triviumchina.com
April 29, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Did you know the Chinese gov publishes an official list of public-facing generative AI tools operating in China? I spent the last six months cataloging and analyzing all 3,739 of them. Here are my early findings – and my data set. Exec sum in thread. 1/9 triviumchina.com/research/see...
Finally migrated to this platform. Feels a bit lonely yet.
...now that I am here, did you ever wonder how parliaments in China work? Have a look at this brilliant piece thediplomat.com/2025/04/why-...
...now that I am here, did you ever wonder how parliaments in China work? Have a look at this brilliant piece thediplomat.com/2025/04/why-...
Why Did China Amend Its Law Governing Delegates to People’s Congresses?
The amendments codify recent policy and practice to better support – and regulate – Chinese people’s representatives.
thediplomat.com
April 15, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Finally migrated to this platform. Feels a bit lonely yet.
...now that I am here, did you ever wonder how parliaments in China work? Have a look at this brilliant piece thediplomat.com/2025/04/why-...
...now that I am here, did you ever wonder how parliaments in China work? Have a look at this brilliant piece thediplomat.com/2025/04/why-...