Here's a Chatham House report on the subject by Sonya Sceats with Shaun Breslin. I haven't looked at it myself, but it is recommended by a colleague as an excellent and comprehensive treatment of China's performance under the international human…

China Hearsay is going into the shop for a refit. Please be patient. New theme up tomorrow (I hope).

Police today charged a 48-year-old man with the October 24 murder of a 49-year-old woman in Yau Ma Tei. His case will be heard in Kowloon City Magistrates' Courts in his absence tomorrow. He was arrested on October 29. Police arrested another suspec…

Department of Justice’s Prosecutions Division has released its Yearly Review for 2011, presenting an overview of the division's work, and highlighting some of the key cases and events of the previous year. Describing the year as challenging and sign…

More notes on the continuing saga of the Wen family fortune, which I've blogged about here and here. Lawyers retained by undisclosed members of the Wen family issued a statement denying parts of the story and containing a veiled threat…