JOURNAL OF CHINESE LAW
VOL. 1 SPRING 1987 NO. 1

CONTENTS

PREFACE R. Randle Edwards

ARTICLES

CHINA'S QUEST FOR
LEGAL MODERNITY

SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY:
CHINESE VIEWS AND
PRACTICES

IMPERIAL CHINA'S
BORDER CONTROL LAW

COMMENTS

SOME OPINIONS ON COPYRIGHT
IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC
OF CHINA

PATENT PROTECTION UNDER
CHINESE LAW

NOTE

UPDATE ON TAXATION IN CHINA

Walter Gellhorn

Wang Houli

R. Randle Edwards

Guo Shoukang

Jeanette L. Pinard and
Lian Chun-cheng

Jonathan Miller 93



JOURNAL OF CHINESE LAW
VOL. 1 SPRING 1987 NO. 1

Editor-in-Chief

R. RANDLE EDWARDS

Managing Editor

JAMES J. POSCH

Senior Editors

FREDERICK R. BURKE

PAUL K. CONDRELL

MATrHEW D. BERSANI

ANNIE A. CHEN

JON L. CHRISTIANSON

MICHAEL T. COHEN

STEPHEN B. DAVIS

Editors

JEFFREY N. FINK

HENRY C. PITNEY

JAMES DUNLAP

LAURENCE PETTIT

BRUCE R. SCHULBERG

ANNIE WANG

WANG JINLONG

Board of Advisors

E. ALLAN FARNSWORTH

RICHARD N. GARDNER

HARVEY J. GOLDSCHMID

JOHN N. HAZARD

Louis HENKIN

OSCAR SCHACHTER

HANS SMIT

RALPH WANG

MICHAEL K. YOUNG