Commissioner of Police Tang King-shing has welcomed the Executive Council's decision on the grade structure review concerning the Police and believes colleagues will follow up on issues in a rational manner.

Wentong Zheng of SUNY Buffalo Law School is doing a series of posts on China's Antimonopoly Law over at the Antitrust and Competition Policy Blog. Here's what he's done so far: China’s Antimonopoly Law—One Year Down China’s Antimonopoly Law—One Year…

Two international law firms are in high-level merger talks in a move that would create a behemoth with 2,500 lawyers, an individual with knowledge of the discussions said on Wednesday. Together, the two firms — Hogan & Hartson, based in Washington, and Lovells, in London — hope to capitalize on international [...]

Now China is going after US autos. I'm really interested to know what this one is all about. Is China going after US autos because of the bailout money? Those funds were not linked to exports (as far as I know), which is the most direct no-no under WTO law, so the real question would [...]

I'm currently preparing for next week's lectures on dispute resolution for PRC foreign invested enterprises, so this is good timing. Note the frankness of Wang's language:
The enforcement of court orders of civil cases are challenged by corruption, government red tape and low efficiency, despite notable achievements, China's top judge said here Wednesday.
"Some [...]

An amber outbound travel alert for the Philippines has been issued by the Security Bureau due to yesterday's reported grenade attack in Mindanao.

The outbound travel alert system which aims to help Hong Kong residents better understand the risks to their personal safety in travelling overseas came into effect today.

Great deal of news recently about the EU-ish plans of ASEAN, Korea, Japan and China. Will we ever have an EU analog in Asia?
Many folks in the US are scared as hell at the possibility, worrying that Asia might move on towards consolidation and minimize the US's Asia power.
Hollywood to the rescue. If this movie [...]

No, this isn't another one of my "Rule of Law" posts. A bit more esoteric, I'm afraid.
I was reading Michael Gerson's latest Washington Post column this evening, a profile of Harvard University prof Michael Sandel and his teachings on moral philosophy, and as usual I thought first of China and economic development.
OK, first an excerpt:
Sandel [...]

Does this make any sense at all?
Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) and other members of Congress are pressing the administration to take a firmer stand with China on its currency policies.
Ryan’s legislation punishing China for devaluing its currency has gained little momentum in this Congress, even though criticism of China’s currency policy has [...]