Category: Law

China Urges Respect for Palestinian Rights After Israel Passes Death Penalty Law

China called on Friday for Palestinians' rights to be protected after Israel approved a bill to allow the execution of Palestinians convicted on terror charges for deadly attacks. Under the new law, passed by Israel's parliament on Monday, Palestinians in the ...

U.S. Accuses China of Detaining Panama-Flagged Ships

The United States accused China on Thursday of detaining Panama-flagged ships in the Asian country's ports, following a takeover by Panamanian authorities of two ports previously controlled by a Chinese company. "China has now imposed a surge in detentions of ...

CK Hutchison Unit Says Panama Arbitration Claim Now Tops $2 Billion

A unit of Hong Kong conglomerate CK Hutchison said on Tuesday it had widened its claims in an international arbitration case against Panama, saying damages had now risen to more than $2 billion. Panama Ports Company, which for nearly three decades operated ...

Panama Rejects Hong Kong Firm’s Claim of Ignoring Arbitration

Panama's president denied Thursday that officials failed to respond to an arbitrage lawsuit by the Hong Kong firm opposing the takeover of its Panama Canal operations, saying the government would "strongly" defend itself. The dispute stems from a Panama court ...

As Anti-Scam Crackdowns Continue, Gangs Look for New Hunting Grounds

Around 1,800 Chinese nationals have been detained in the Cambodian authorities’ latest crackdown on scam compounds in the country. The country’s interior ministry said the arrests follow a raid on Saturday on an online fraud hub in Bavet, a city on the border with Vietnam. The arrests ...

Analysis from Cobus van Staden

The Emerging China-Global South Energy Nexus

This month brought quietly momentous news: for the first time ever, the world’s share of renewable energy surpassed that generated by burning coal. 
China is one of the world’s biggest consumers of coal and is therefore partly responsible for bringing us to our current carbon crisis. 

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Hong Kong Summons Panama Envoy Over CK Hutchison Ports Ruling

Hong Kong's commerce chief on Friday summoned the Panamanian Consul General in the city to condemn a court ruling that annulled Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison's contract to operate two ports at the Panama Canal. The move came after China's Hong Kong and Macau ...

CK Hutchison Begins Arbitration Against Panama Over Annulled Canal Contract

Hong Kong-based conglomerate CK Hutchison said in a statement Tuesday it has initiated international arbitration against Panama, after a ruling by the country's top court annulled a concession allowing it to operate ports at the Panama Canal. Panama's Supreme Court last ...

China Warns Panama of ‘Heavy Prices’ to Pay After CK Hutchison Contract Quashed

China warned Panama on Tuesday there would be "heavy prices" to pay after a court ruling there annulled Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison's contract to operate two ports at the Panama Canal. China's Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office called the ruling ...

East Africa Court Dismisses Activists’ Case Over Massive Franco-Chinese Oil Project

The East African Court of Justice has dismissed a case challenging TotalEnergies' massive oil project in Uganda and Tanzania, after civil society groups sought a full trial over the controversial development. Four civil society groups first filed a petition in 2020 ...

Kyrgyzstan Arrests Chinese CEO of Gold Mining Firm

Kyrgyzstan said Tuesday it had arrested the Chinese CEO of a gold mining firm accused of causing "large-scale" environmental damage, amid growing public scrutiny over Beijing's influence in the Central Asian country. China has poured hundreds of millions of dollars of ...

Thailand Suspends Prison Boss Over Alleged Privileges for Chinese Inmates

Thai authorities have suspended a prison chief in Bangkok over allegations that high-profile Chinese inmates were granted access to women in a private cell and other privileges, the justice ministry said. The scandal erupted last week after local media reported two ...

China Issues Death Sentences to 5 Members of Myanmar Gang

China sentenced five people to death on Tuesday for their involvement in a violent criminal gang with fraud operations in Myanmar's Kokang region along the border, state media reported. Scam compounds have flourished in Myanmar's lawless borderlands, staffed by foreigners -- ...
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