Here's an extended and well-informed post on the subject by Rebecca MacKinnon over at her RConversation blog.
Hong Kong has the potential to become a leading international dispute resolution centre and is working hard to realise it.
The Monetary Authority has issued an alert on fraudulent website www.bocnhkg.org which looks similar to the Bank of China (Hong Kong)'s official website.
Police are appealing for information on a body found floating off Central Pier No. 3.
Secretary for Justice Wong Yan Lung has begun his three-day Australia visit to strengthen ties and promote Hong Kong as an international legal services and dispute- resolution centre.
Secretary for Security Ambrose Lee will visit Seoul and Tokyo November 24 to December 1 to brief officials on Hong Kong's latest developments and exchange views on issues of common concern.
Chinese consumer Zhang Yongping sued China Mobile Beijing branch for erroneously charging him over CNY1,400 for international call fees and the Beijing Chaoyang People's Court announced the decision on November 26, 2008 and ordered the telcom company to return the over-charged CNY1,432.18 to Zhang.
Zhang reportedly went abroad for four months at the end of 2007. [...]
From Dan at CLB:
Interesting article by James Hudson over at China Success Stories. Article is entitled, "Want Committed Employees? Learn to Trust Them." Its thesis is that if you want your Chinese employee to work hard for the company, like the company, and do what he or she can for the company, you, [...]
Diageo finally won its case against Blueblood this week in Shanghai court. The unfair competition case was a fairly straightforward one, involving similar packaging, including color and style, misleading ads, and so forth. Diageo had earlier prevailed in what I believe was an administrative action, for which Blueblood paid a fine.
Nothing ground-breaking here, although the [...]
Two chefs have been jailed three months by Eastern Magistracy for accepting bribes from a frozen food supplier as reward for placing orders with their restaurants.