Click here to watch the video. The PRC Civil Code (1,260 articles in total), together with the PRC Supreme Court’s eight new Judicial Interpretations on it, have entered into effect on 1 January 2021. As the result of many years of effort, the PRC Civil Code now comprehensively lays out…
The Hong Kong National Security Law took effect on 30 June 2020. The 66-article law criminalizes four types of acts: secession, subversion of State power, terrorist activities, and collusion with foreign or external forces to endanger national security. It also stipulates the corresponding penalties, which in the most serious cases,…
As the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to spread across the world, and governments and health authorities work tirelessly to defeat it, major economies, including China, are experiencing mounting pressure as consumer spending, production and investment are drastically curtailed due to virus-related risks. Subsequently many companies are therefore also facing…