The second is an archive of legal precedents selected by the Supreme People’s Court. It was set up three months ago, and 2,000 legal precedents have been posted there so far. Millions of court rulings removed from official Chinese database The internal court judgment database has raised concerns about whether the country’s courts will stop … Read more
Zhu Fenglian, a spokeswoman for the mainland’s Taiwan Affairs Office, said the decision was based on “a comprehensive assessment of relevant corrective measures”, after Taiwanese industry representatives to the mainland had provided information about measures taken to address the problem and expressed the “strong hope” that imports could resume, according to state news agency Xinhua. … Read more
How Xi Jinping and China’s Communist Party’s inner circles are all connected – 2023 update China’s Power Players By SCMP Graphics and SCMP China desk Published: December 22, 2023 This is the latest map showing connections between the Politburo Standing Committee – China’s most powerful leaders – and their Politburo colleagues, based on their official … Read more
Police in Shanghai have said a string of arrests in connection with the theft of hi-tech trade secrets was the result of a stepped up effort to protect the strategically important sector, as well as a renewed crackdown on financial crimes. Fourteen suspects were detained and seven servers confiscated after police were tipped off that … Read more
For Hong Kong, led by Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu, the changes could result in improved execution of policies in matters of national security and district administration, policy pundits said after analysing remarks from Xi and Lee. President Xi Jinping presides over Monday’s meeting with John Lee sitting to his right and Premier Li Qiang … Read more
Jiang Ping, a prominent law scholar who helped build the legislative foundation for China’s market economy, died in Beijing on Tuesday. He was 93. Jiang was also known to many as the “conscience” of the legal profession in China and for his advocacy for the rule of law. Born in Ningbo, Zhejiang province in 1930, … Read more
The ceremony was held at Shanghai’s Longhua Funeral Home on Tuesday morning, according to a video from Shanghai-based Dragon TV. Tributes were also paid by retired policymakers, including China’s former vice-premier Liu He, who was Chinese President Xi Jinping’s top economic aide until he retired in March, as well as Li Lanqing, who served from … Read more
Earlier, rescuers from the fire brigade, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and civilian rescue teams were gathering for operations amid the low temperatures brought on by a cold snap. The lowest temperature in Jishishan county, where the quake struck, was around minus 14 degrees Celsius on Tuesday night. A report by Shanghai-based media outlet The … Read more
He told Sun Yeli, party secretary of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism during a closed-doors meeting that Hong Kong’s tourism industry had made a fast recovery after the last Covid-related travel restrictions were lifted earlier this year. Lee added that the number of visitors to the city in the third quarter of the year … Read more
Life in cities is also getting more difficult due to the high cost of living, a meltdown in the property market and the relatively low salaries on offer for those who can secure jobs. Videos recording the day-to-day struggles of ordinary city dwellers have proved enormously popular on social media, including an account that attracted … Read more
