Global Legal Post Paul Weiss is set to shutter its Beijing office by the end of the year, becoming the latest in a slew of Big Law firms to scale back their China presence. Paul Weiss first opened in Beijing in 1981, in a move it said made it one of the first foreign firms…

SCMP write The European Parliament will demand that the EU “revoke Hong Kong’s special customs treatment” and review the status of its economic and trade office in Brussels over a long-running national security trial that last week saw 45 opposition figures jailed for between four and 10 years. In a resolution obtained by the Post, lawmakers will also…

Asia Gaming Brief A recent legal opinion from a Shanghai court has provided significant clarity on the status of cryptocurrencies under Chinese law, confirming that personal ownership of crypto assets is not illegal. This comes even as the country’s digital currency head is accused of bribery. The ongoing cryptocurrency boom has been offering notable benefits to the…

Xinhua LYON, France, Nov. 28 — Chinese State Councilor and Minister of Public Security Wang Xiaohong met with International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) President Ahmed Nasser Al-Raisi in Lyon on Thursday, with both sides vowing to enhance law-enforcement cooperation. Endorsing China’s support for Interpol’s leadership in the multilateral law-enforcement framework, Wang said that China is…

Class-Action Lawsuit Filed Against Shen Yun Alleging Forced Labor, Child Exploitation. Berger Montague and Farra & Wang have filed a class-action lawsuit against Shen Yun, the renowned Chinese classical dance and music organization, and its affiliated parties, accusing them of exploiting forced labor, including child labor, and violating labor laws. The lawsuit, filed by primary…

Xinhua BEIJING — A compilation of discourses by Xi Jinping, chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), on governing the military in accordance with the law has been published, according to an official statement released on Sunday. The discourses were excerpted from speeches and written works by Xi between November 2012 and June 2024. The…

Source: Email Darius Longarino / Yale Law School Paul Tsai China Center   A transgender woman who uses the alias “Ling’er” won a 60,000 RMB settlement from a mental hospital in China that had forcibly confined her for 97 days and subjected her to electroshocks to change her gender identity. Ling’er told the Guardian that…