Shitong Qiao

Duke University School of Law

Professor of Law; Ken Young-Gak Yun and Jinah Park Yun Research Scholar

http://law.duke.edu/fac/qiao/

The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Law

Professor (on unpaid leave)

Pokfulam Road

Hong Kong, Hong Kong

China

http://https://www.law.hku.hk/academic_staff/dr-shitong-qiao/

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1.

Whither China’s Non-Interference Principle?

ESIL 2011 4th Research Forum
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 03 Dec 2011 Last Revised: 09 Feb 2012
Shitong Qiao and Shitong Qiao
Duke University School of Law
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Finance against Law: The Case of China

Harvard International Law Journal, Vol.64. No. 2. 431-487., University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 2022/48, Duke Law School Public Law & Legal Theory Series No. 2022-51
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 07 Sep 2022 Last Revised: 13 Sep 2023
Shitong Qiao and Shitong Qiao
Duke University School of Law
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China concepts stock; variable interest entities (VIE); Chinese-issued dollar bonds; keepwell deeds (KWD); law and finance; judicial enforcement; relational contracts; network; private reputation; state reputation; governing by extralegality; credible commitment

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Planting Houses in Shenzhen: A Real Estate Market Without Legal Titles

Canadian Journal of Law and Society / Revue Canadienne Droit et Société, 2013
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 07 Feb 2014 Last Revised: 16 May 2014
Shitong Qiao and Shitong Qiao
Duke University School of Law
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property rights, small property (xiaochanquan), market transition, China, law and development

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Small Property, Big Market: A Focal Point Explanation

American Journal of Comparative Law, Vol. 63, No. 1 (2015), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 10 Mar 2014 Last Revised: 23 Oct 2015
Shitong Qiao and Shitong Qiao
Duke University School of Law
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Small Property (xiaochanquan); informal property rights; Chinese Market Transition; Focal Point; Coordination Game

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The Evolution of Relational Property Rights: A Case of Chinese Rural Land Reform

Iowa Law Review, Vol. 100, 2015, Forthcoming, University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 2015/016
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 16 May 2015 Last Revised: 22 Jun 2015
Shitong Qiao, Shitong Qiao and Frank K. Upham
Duke University School of Law and New York University School of Law
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Relational Property, Bundle of Sticks, Right to Exclude, Chinese Rural Land Reform

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China's Changing Property Law Landscape

Comparative Property Law: Global Perspectives, Michele Graziadei & Lionel Smith eds., Edward Elgar, 2017, pp. 311-332.
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 02 Mar 2017
Shitong Qiao, Shitong Qiao and Frank K. Upham
Duke University School of Law and New York University School of Law
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Land reform; China; law and development; relational property rights; small/informal property; land expropriation

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The Authoritarian Commons: Divergent Paths of Neighborhood Democratization in Three Chinese Megacities

American Journal of Comparative Law, forthcoming, University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law Research Paper No. #2021/002, Duke Law School Public Law & Legal Theory Series No. 2022-29
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 17 Feb 2021 Last Revised: 23 Jun 2022
Shitong Qiao and Shitong Qiao
Duke University School of Law
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Authoritarianism; Liberal Commons; China; Democratization; State Capacity; Infrastructural Power; Homeowners' Associations; Urban Governance

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The Evolution of Chinese Property Law: Stick by Stick?

Private Law in China and Taiwan (Yun-chien Chang ed., Cambridge University Press, Forthcoming), University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 2016/003
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 17 Mar 2016 Last Revised: 04 Jun 2019
Shitong Qiao and Shitong Qiao
Duke University School of Law
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Chinese Land Reform; State Land Ownership; Collective Land Ownership; Bundle of Sticks; Property Law

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Land Options for Housing: How New Property Rights Can Break Old Land Monopolies

44 U. Pa. J. Int’l L. 163 (2022), University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 2022/06, Duke Law School Public Law & Legal Theory Series No. 2022-09, NYU School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 22-11
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 30 Jan 2022 Last Revised: 07 Dec 2022
Roderick M. Hills Jr., Shitong Qiao and Shitong Qiao
New York University School of Law and Duke University School of Law
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housing crisis; zoning; bilateral monopoly; constituency effect; land use options; transferable development rights; Hong Kong

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Small Property, Adverse Possession and Optional Law

The Law and Economics of Possession, edited by Yun-chien Chang, Cambridge University Press, 2015, pp. 290-319.
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 17 May 2014 Last Revised: 23 Oct 2015
Shitong Qiao and Shitong Qiao
Duke University School of Law
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Small Property (Xiaochanquan); Adverse Possession; Option; Information

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Exclusionary Megacities

Southern California Law Review, Vol. 91, No. 3, 2018, University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 2017/031, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 17-47
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 18 Jul 2017 Last Revised: 29 Jan 2019
Wendell Pritchett, Shitong Qiao and Shitong Qiao
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School and Duke University School of Law
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Megacities; Agglomeration; Exclusion; Unaffordable Housing; Not in My Backyard (NIMBY); Land Monopoly; Land Use Regulations; Zoning; Urban Governance; Property Rights; China

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Legal Doctrine and Judicial Review of Eminent Domain in China

Law and Social Inquiry, Forthcoming, University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 2020/050
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 16 Oct 2020 Last Revised: 12 Mar 2021
Wenzheng Mao, Shitong Qiao and Shitong Qiao
Advanced Institute of Business, Tongji University and Duke University School of Law
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Eminent Domain; Due Process; Chinese Courts; Principal-Agent Problem; Judicial Politics of Legal Doctrine

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The Politics of Chinese Land: Partial Reform, Vested Interests and Small Property

Columbia Journal of Asian Law, Vol. 29, No. 1, pp. 70-113, 2016
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 23 Apr 2016 Last Revised: 12 May 2016
Shitong Qiao and Shitong Qiao
Duke University School of Law
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Land Reform; The Evolution of Property Rights; Politics; Partial Reform; Local Governments; Interest Groups; Small Property

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The Structure and Spirit of Chinese Property Law

in Nicole Graham, Margaret Davies, and Lee Godden eds., Handbook of Property, Law and Society, Routledge, Forthcoming, Duke Law School Public Law & Legal Theory Series No. 2021-49, University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 2021/54
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 16 Nov 2021 Last Revised: 07 Jan 2022
Shitong Qiao and Shitong Qiao
Duke University School of Law
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China; property law; common law; civil law; socialist law; numerus clausus; state land ownership; collective land ownership; bundle of sticks; hybridism

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Binding Leviathan: Credible Commitment in an Authoritarian Regime

NYU Law and Economics Research Paper No. 17-38, University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 2017/027
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 25 Sep 2017 Last Revised: 15 Mar 2019
Roderick M. Hills Jr., Shitong Qiao and Shitong Qiao
New York University School of Law and Duke University School of Law
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Local Government Law; Federalism; Credible Commitment; Authoritarian Constitutions; Chinese Law

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Voice and Exit as Accountability Mechanisms: Can Foot-Voting Be Made Safe for the Chinese Communist Party?

Columbia Human Rights Law Review, Forthcoming, University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 2016/027
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 04 Aug 2016 Last Revised: 29 Jan 2019
Roderick M. Hills Jr., Shitong Qiao and Shitong Qiao
New York University School of Law and Duke University School of Law
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Inter-Jurisdictional Competition, Land Value, Democracy, Foot-Voting, Government Accountability, Property Tax, Federated City, Household Registration System (Hukou), Cadre Evaluation, Chinese Communist Party

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Governing the Post-Socialist Transitional Commons: A Case from Rural China

24 COLO. J. INT’L ENVTL. L. & POL’Y 115 (2012), reprinted in 1 BRIGHAM-KANNER PROPERTY RIGHTS CONF. J. 303 (2012).
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 08 Jul 2011 Last Revised: 12 Feb 2014
Shitong Qiao and Shitong Qiao
Duke University School of Law
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transitional commons, rural China, property rights

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Dealing with Illegal Housing: What Can New York City Learn from Shenzhen?

Fordham Urban Law Journal, Vol. 43, No. 3, p. 743-769, 2017, University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 2017/030
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 17 Jul 2017 Last Revised: 19 Oct 2017
Shitong Qiao and Shitong Qiao
Duke University School of Law
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Illegal Housing; Adverse Zoning; Optional Zoning; Liability Rule; Ian Ayres

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Expropriation in the Name of Rights: Transferable Development Rights (TDRs), the Bundle of Sticks and Chinese Politics

New York University Journal of Law & Liberty, Vol. 13:1, 1-43 (2020). , University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 061
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 17 Sep 2019 Last Revised: 17 Aug 2020
Shitong Qiao and Shitong Qiao
Duke University School of Law
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Transferable Development Rights (TDRs); Expropriation; Chinese Land Reform; Bundle of Sticks; Land Tickets (地票); Takings; Eminent Domain; Chongqing; Chengdu

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Fragmented Laws, Contingent Choices: The Tragicomedy of the Village Commons in China

Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law, Vol. 29, 2019, 235-275, University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 2018/028
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 19 May 2018 Last Revised: 23 Jul 2019
Shitong Qiao and Shitong Qiao
Duke University School of Law
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Small Property; Social Norms; Commons; Co-Evolution; Collective Land Governance; Village Co-Op; Chinese Mafia; Land Assembly District; Shenzhen

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Rights-Weakening Federalism

Minnesota Law Review, Vol. 102, No. 4, 2018, University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 2018/013
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 07 Feb 2018 Last Revised: 29 Jan 2019
Shitong Qiao and Shitong Qiao
Duke University School of Law
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Market-preserving federalism; interjurisdictional competition; race to the bottom; race to the top; uncooperative federalism; land expropriation in China; eminent domain

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Introduction to Decentralization and Development

Minnesota Law Review, Vol. 102, No. 4, 2018, University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 2018/029
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 21 May 2018 Last Revised: 10 Jul 2018
Shitong Qiao, Shitong Qiao and Richard Epstein
Duke University School of Law and New York University School of Law
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Decentralization; Development; Hayek

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Cooperating to Resist: State and Society During China's Covid Lockdowns

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 22 Sep 2023
Shitong Qiao and Shitong Qiao
Duke University School of Law
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Authoritarianism; civil society; property rights; neighborhood governance; emergency power; homeownership; state capacity; legal mobilization; democracy; legibility; weapons of the weak; rightful resistance; China