https://www.overlawyered.com/2017/11/publisher-canceling-book-influence-chinese-government-australia/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Sat, 25 Nov 2017 21:27:29 +0000 hourly 1 https://www.overlawyered.com/2017/11/publisher-canceling-book-influence-chinese-government-australia/comment-page-1/#comment-347352 Sat, 25 Nov 2017 21:27:29 +0000 https://www.overlawyered.com/?p=67393#comment-347352 Maybe claims of defamation liability risk is a fig leaf and this is just an example of the undue influence of the Chinese government over Australia that the author is trying to point out.

]]> https://www.overlawyered.com/2017/11/publisher-canceling-book-influence-chinese-government-australia/comment-page-1/#comment-347351 Sat, 25 Nov 2017 19:19:20 +0000 https://www.overlawyered.com/?p=67393#comment-347351 What this and other articles on this topic do not make clear is why this Australian publisher is so worried about defamation suits. Is China unusually aggressive? Is this publisher unusually cowardly? Or does Australia perhaps have defamation laws favorable to plaintiffs such as China?

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