A 23-year-old motorcyclist died after his machine collided with three cars on Tsing Kwai Highway, Tsing Yi, this morning.

IP Dragon's friend Rogier Creemer, of Maastricht University, who is doing field research for his his PhD thesis about copyright, piracy and media control, points us to the provisional radio and tv broadcasting recording remuneration payment rules that …

Immigration clearance will be simplified for Hong Kong and Macau residents from December 10. The deal was verified in a memorandum signed by Financial Secretary John Tsang and Macau Secretary for Administration & Justice Florinda da Rosa Silva Chan today.

An employer of a foreign domestic helper has been fined $90,000 by Tsuen Wan Magistracy for underpaying the maid's wages.

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Was reading China Law Blog's treatment of Chinese branding and trademarks
here where Dan Harris takes issue with a Newsweek
article, which states in part:
The simplest explanation for China's failure to build global brands is cutthroat domestic competition. In most product categories, hundreds or thousands of firms compete for domestic market share, leaving profit margins [...]

Apparently the wages of sin are not so bad – at least if you have connections. The latest scandal to roil the Chinese internet involves photos of luxurious prison facilities apparently reserved for high-ranking or otherwise well-connected officials. Here are…

Secretary for Security Ambrose Lee urges Tai Po secondary students and their parents to support the drug-testing trial scheme so it can be successfully executed next month, adding ketamine seizures in the first 10 months of this year more than tripled last year's figure.

Police today called for information on a Lok Ma Chau road accident in which a 78-year-old woman was killed.

I just wanted to wish all of you a Happy Thanksgiving 2009! I can't believe that the time has flown by already and that the holiday season is already upon us in the U.S. I look forward to 2010, hopefully with more active posting and interesting tidbits about China, business, law, and [...]