Dr. George G. Chen is a research associate and expert on China’s judicial system and legal policies at the Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERCIS) based in Berlin. He is the author of Copyright and International Negotiations: An Engine of Free Expression in China?, Cambridge University Press (forthcoming). He has advised the Chinese and European governments on a variety of legal projects within the framework of the Sino-EU-Dialogue on the State of Rule of Law. Chen has a PhD in law from the University of Göttingen.
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