Kwun Tong Magistracy today ordered a 43-year-old man to perform 140 hours of community service for intimidating a Department of Health tobacco control inspector.

First I find out that F = ma only works some of the time. Then I get the news that the Sci-Fi Channel will now be called Syfy. I guess nothing lasts forever, even the immutable laws of physics.
IP lawyer wonk that I am, however, the first thought that popped into my pea brain was [...]

After proclaiming several days ago that I was sick and tired of all the news about Beijing's attempts to have all PC makers pre-install web filter software before making any China sales, I put a moratorium on further China Hearsay posts on the subject. At the time, I promised to address the WTO issue, and [...]

The use of state power to back up one side in commercial disputes is not uncommon in China. In what may be another example (too soon to tell), the Financial Times reports that four employees of Rio Tinto, currently in…

Fifteen seafood and six fruit retailers were fined up to $6,500 after pleading guilty to selling short-weight produce in the first half of the year, according to the Customs & Excise Department.

A few weeks ago, Shanghai's self-image as different and more civilized than the rest of China suffered a serious dent when its police detained, beat, stripped, and tortured human rights lawyer Zheng Enchong. One expects this kind of thing out…