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China and Islam: The Prophet, the Party, and Law (Cambridge University Press, 2016) is an ethnographic account of the ways in which Chinese Muslims (Hui) reconcile sharia (Islamic law and ethics) with post-socialist law in the People's Republic of China. China and Islam examines the intersection of two critical issues of the contemporary world: Islamic revival and an assertive China, questioning the assumption that Islamic law is incompatible with state law. It finds that both Hui and the Party-State invoke, interpret, and make arguments based on Islamic law, a minjian (unofficial) law in China, to pursue their respective visions of 'the good,' in processes that are fraught with tension. Based on fieldwork in Linxia, 'China's Little Mecca', this study follows Hui clerics, youthful translators on the 'New Silk Road', female educators who reform traditional madrasas, and Party cadres as they reconcile Islamic and socialist laws in the course of the everyday. The first study of Islamic law in China and one of the first ethnographic accounts of law in postsocialist China, China and Islam unsettles unidimensional perceptions of extremist Islam and authoritarian China through Hui minjian practices of law. For an interview about the book with Ian Johnson in the New York Times, please click here. China and Islam was listed as one of the "Books of the Year 2017" by both the Times Literary Supplement and Times Higher Education and was a Distinguished Book Award Honorable Mention by the Asian Law & Society Association in 2017. To read Chapter 6 "Moral Economies," please click here.
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A Casebook on Chinese Outbound Investment: Law, Policy, and Business (CUP, 2025) is a resource for educators who teach courses related to China, international investment, or emerging markets. China remains one of the top capital exporters in the world, yet there is a paucity of reliable sources through which to assess Chinese corporate decision-making, the implementation of Chinese-financed and managed projects, and the socio-economic effects of those projects. The Casebook fills this gap by providing fifteen case studies written by experts and researchers, many from host states and who have first-hand knowledge of the transaction or dispute in question. Case studies are written primarily based on primary source material including transactional documents, interviews with stakeholders, laws and regulations, and case decisions. Educators in professional schools, including law, policy, and business, will find in the Casebook material to supplement class discussions pertaining to Chinese overseas investment, Chinese investment strategies, and the nature of the Chinese firm. This title is available Open Access on Cambridge Core. To see a promotional video and podcasts about the Casebook produced by the National Committee on US-China Relations, click here.
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