Chinese shrug shoulders at possible Google pull-out (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Mon, 22 Mar 2010 08:15:51 GMT
With speculation swirling that Google Inc will soon announce the closure of its China-based Internet portal, the reaction from some Chinese has been hurry up and leave, or simply: so what?
Law firms are lucrative targets of cyberscams (San Francisco Chronicle)
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 07:30:13 GMT
Last spring, a Long Beach law firm received an e-mail from a Hong Kong businessman seeking help collecting debts from American customers. An attorney with the firm saw it as a great opportunity to reel in more business during the economic downturn and agreed...
Rio Tinto Case Mixes Politics, Law in China’s ‘Scary’ Courts (Bloomberg)
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:35:06 GMT
March 19 (Bloomberg) -- Foreign companies that do business in China will be tracking the criminal trial next week of Rio Tinto Group iron-ore chief Stern Hu and three colleagues to see if politics plays as big a role in any conviction as the evidence, lawyers said.
Rio Case Spotlights China's 'Scary' Courts (BusinessWeek)
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:35:06 GMT
Multinationals wary of China's legal system are focusing on the upcoming criminal trial of four Rio Tinto employees accused of taking bribes
Google May Shut Down China Unit in April, CBN Says (Update2) (BusinessWeek)
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:34:35 GMT
Google Inc. may pull out of China on April 10, China Business News reported today, citing an unidentified Chinese sales agent for the company.
Hong Kong Parent-Child Suicide Rate Up, Support Limited (Time Magazine)
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:44:50 GMT
Filicide-suicides are not a new phenomenon in East Asia, but Hong Kong's relatively high number -- there have been at least 15 since the start of 2008 -- has raised alarm
Hong Kong father jailed 11 years for sexually abusing daughters (EARTHtimes.org)
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:42:47 GMT
Hong Kong - A Hong Kong father has been jailed for 11 years for sexually abusing his two teenage daughters, making one of them pregnant, a news report said Friday....
Why Are Parent-Child Suicides Rising in Hong Kong? (Time.com via Yahoo! News)
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:00:00 GMT
Filicide-suicides are not a new phenomenon in East Asia, but HongKong's relatively high number -- there have been at least 15 since thestart of 2008 -- has raised alarm
Bo Xilai: China's brash populist (Asia Times)
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:13:02 GMT
HONG KONG - Bo Xilai has personality, charm and charisma, unlike most of his plodding, lackluster bureaucratic brethren.
Hong Kong rains men as China's one-child policy spills over - Feature (EARTHtimes.org)
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:04:54 GMT
Hong Kong - An alarming consequence of China's one-child policy spilling over into Hong Kong is a skewed sex ratio, experts say. The ratio of boys to girls in the city of 7 million people rose fro...
