China – General

China – Hong Kong

SCMP: Foreign meddling, spying can be in many guises, like human rights, arts causes, says Hong Kong’s security minister on need for Article 23 law

SCMP: Foreign meddling, spying can be in many guises, like human rights, arts causes, says Hong Kong’s security minister on need for Article 23 law

Soft resistance in many forms can also be linked to foreign agents, Secretary for Security Chris Tang says, ahead of ...
HKFP: Justice chief says ‘100% confident’ in handling Jimmy Lai case in Hong Kong amid suggestions of mainland transfer

HKFP: Justice chief says ‘100% confident’ in handling Jimmy Lai case in Hong Kong amid suggestions of mainland transfer

Justice Secretary Paul Lam has said he is “100 per cent confident” that Hong Kong can handle the national security ...
US state senator Jeff Wilson, who entered Hong Kong with a gun, to go free on good behaviour order

US state senator Jeff Wilson, who entered Hong Kong with a gun, to go free on good behaviour order

HKFP write Under a bind-over arrangement, the Republican state senator was not required to enter a plea. US Republican state ...
Chinese University fires Tiananmen crackdown scholar after Hong Kong gov’t rejects visa extension

Chinese University fires Tiananmen crackdown scholar after Hong Kong gov’t rejects visa extension

HKFP reports The award-winning professor – who was in the US on sabbatical leave – said she was informed by ...
USA SENATORS: SULLIVAN, MERKLEY PRESS FOR SANCTIONS OF HONG KONG JUDICIARY

USA SENATORS: SULLIVAN, MERKLEY PRESS FOR SANCTIONS OF HONG KONG JUDICIARY

WASHINGTON—This week, U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) and the Senate Armed ...
US Republican state senator Jeff Wilson arrested over carrying gun into Hong Kong, barred from leaving city

US Republican state senator Jeff Wilson arrested over carrying gun into Hong Kong, barred from leaving city

A US state senator has been charged with possessing arms without a license after he was found with a revolver ...

China – Lawyers

China’s Best Known Public Interest Litigator Awaits Trial

China’s Best Known Public Interest Litigator Awaits Trial

IAPL In China, Hao Jinsong (???) is very well-known as a public interest litigator who, for the better part of ...
Mainland Chinese lawyer who tried to help Hong Kong fugitive arrested while fleeing to Taiwan stripped of licence

Mainland Chinese lawyer who tried to help Hong Kong fugitive arrested while fleeing to Taiwan stripped of licence

Lin Qilei was involved in defence of Hong Kong fugitives caught by national coastguard while trying to flee to Taiwan ...
Wife of jailed Chinese rights lawyer sets up legal consultancy to make ends meet

Wife of jailed Chinese rights lawyer sets up legal consultancy to make ends meet

RFA reports.. Xu Yan, wife of attorney Yu Wensheng, says the loss of her husband's business will affect family finances ...
Missing citizen journalist/former lawyer in China finally reappears 601 days later

Missing citizen journalist/former lawyer in China finally reappears 601 days later

IAPL reports He said he can’t reveal much about what happened to him. Chen Qiushi is a citizen journalist and ...
Detained Chinese Rights Lawyer Tortured Again After Complaining About Torture

Detained Chinese Rights Lawyer Tortured Again After Complaining About Torture

And this is why it's a disaster that the China Human Rights Lawyers Concern Group is no longer.. RFA who ...
China halts over 40 IPOs as it investigates law firm and broker

China halts over 40 IPOs as it investigates law firm and broker

SHANGHAI, Aug 23 (Reuters) - Chinese bourses have halted processing more than 40 initial public offering (IPO) plans in Shanghai ...