Strange days recently. The big news in the last 48 hours or so has been the rumors of expats being attacked by unruly mobs. This is competing, of course, with the other bombshell in the press, the looming potash crisis. The latter is understandably freaking out everyone far and wide.
OK – on a serious note. [...]

Just found this entertaining. Who said that Americans have a lock on frivolous litigation?

A group of Chinese lawyers is suing CNN over the remarks made by commentator Jack Cafferty. One of the 14 lawyers of the Beijing-based group told a Hong Kong newspaper that Cafferty's remarks "seriously violated and abused the reputation and dignity [...]

The president of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China, Joerg Wuttke, said any large-scale boycott would likely hurt Chinese workers and companies and could be met by similar action against Chinese products in Europe.
"This kind of thing is a slippery slope downhill. Once you start talking about boycotts, there will always be retaliation [...]

The Food & Environmental Hygiene Department has shut down a Yuen Long fresh provision shop for illicitly selling chilled and frozen poultry, seizing 16kgs of chilled duck and 116kgs of frozen chicken feet.

The Guangzhou Salvage Bureau's heavy-lift crane barge Hua Tian Long has arrived in Hong Kong to remove the wreck of the Ukrainian oilfield support vessel which sank off Lantau Island on March 22.

Deputy Commissioner of Police Peter Yam has unveiled five new medium patrol launches and six divisional fast patrol craft which will bolster Marine Police patrols.

The International Law News, which is the American Bar Association's (ABA) publication for the
International Law Section, published an article by
Richard Gruner entitled "Intellectual Property in the Four Chinas". You might be wondering if there are four Chinas in the first place since most people think there is one China… unless you [...]

CNN has now been sued in China over Jack…