International Law

China: Corruption by the Numbers.
I have been living in or doing business with corrupt countries for over thirty years and one of the things I have noticed is corruption far more often runs with men then with women...

US Shakes Big Stick at China
Some helpful suggestions to China from the U.S. military: Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates issued a set of thinly veiled warnings to China on Saturday, cautioning that it could risk its share of further gains in Asia’s economic prosperity if it bullied its neighbors over natural resources in contested areas like the South China Sea...

Let the Games Begin: China Prepares for Olympics by Convicting Journalist for Writing About Government Corruption
Many opposed the selection of China as the host for the next Olympics due to its rampant pollution and repression of freedom. China has proven far worse on both fronts. As part of a crackdown on anyone voicing dissent, China has now convicted and sentenced journalist Lu Gengsong “inciting subversion of state power...

Hello Kitschy
Sonofabitch. We are all going to hell, or at least some of us in Asia. From the FT: In what might prove to be Japan’s most inspired step on the road to better relations with China, Tokyo has appointed its most famous feline, Hello Kitty, 33, as its goodwill tourism ambassador to China and Hong Kong...

Thousands of Chinese criminals cannot be deported to China
Thousands of Chinese criminals cannot be deported to China"Tens of thousands of illegal Chinese migrants cannot be deported for crimes committed here because China is refusing to take them back, say prosecutors"...

China looks to Southeast Asia, but roads continue to hinder development
  By Andy Scott VIENTIANE, Laos, Jan. 17 - Trade between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations has boomed in the past 15 years, growing more than 20 percent a year, reaching US$160 billion last year...

China Green Agriculture, Inc. 401(k) / ERISA Stock Fraud
China Green Agriculture, Inc. 401(k) / ERISA Stock Fraud

Infant Formula From China
FDA Warns it May be Contaminated Melamine

County Corruption
Bastrop to pay $187,500 settlement in whistleblower lawsuit.