Mr. Edward Lehman, a senior international IP lawyer, was invited to be the special expert to comment in the China Patent Documentary program of CGTN. China, the world’s largest developing country has ever gone a tremendous transformation in the past 70 years. “China will be the leader of innovation” said Edward Lehman. China ranked 14th …
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In modern society, security and freedom are not opposites. It is difficult to imagine that when a country or a society has no security foundation, it can protect the freedom of the people. The guarantee of national security is essentially the guarantee of the rights and freedom of each individual. Because different countries have different …
The Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress formulates the Hong Kong National Security Law and lists it in Annex III of the Hong Kong Basic Law, which is announced and implemented locally by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. This is a milestone in the practice of “One Country, Two Systems” and will fully …
The National Security Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region stipulates that the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region shall establish the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region’s National Security Council (the National Security Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region) chaired by the Chief Executive. The members of the National Security Committee of the …
According to the law, the Committee will be directly under the supervision of and accountable to the Central People’s Government. The CPC Central Committee has the power and responsibility to take all necessary measures to maintain national security. This is a basic starting point when we consider all specific issues. The National Security Law of …
The promulgation and implementation of the Hong Kong National Security Law has opened a major turning point in Hong Kong from chaos to governance. The National Security Law of Hong Kong is not a decoration. It must be effective. It must have strong enforcement mechanisms and must have a grasp. The establishment of the National …
Given the differences between PRC legal and political system and HKSAR’s former legal system including human rights, and personal freedoms, this is a reasonable fear. The law fully embodies the unification of the central government’s overall governance and the high degree of autonomy of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, does not change the capitalist …
On June 30, the Hong Kong SAR Government announced that the “Law of the People’s Republic of China on the Maintenance of National Security” will be gazetted on the same day. This means that the promulgation of the full text of Hong Kong’s National Security Law will bring many changes and impacts to Hong Kong. …
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The section on personality rights also details a legal framework for privacy rights and personal information protection. With the development of modern technologies like facial recognition and new technologies like deep fake, some say we are trading our privacy for services and are beoming transparent in this modern age. What does the Civil Code mean …
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One of the most controversial part of the civil code is that it requires couples seeking divorce to wait for a month before their request can be processed. It has sparked widespread opposition online because many believe this harms their freedom to divorce. Why is the law still passed despite the oppositions? What does it …
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