U.S.-Asia Law Institute

October 04 – October 10

China's labor ministry proposes wage and other protections for gig workers, including delivery workers; Hong Kong opens nominations for the Election Committee that chooses the city's chief executive and nearly half of its legislature; Japan's antitrust regulator raids Asahi, Kirin, Sapporo, and Suntory on suspicion of fixing beer prices; South Korea's chief justice rejects what he calls presidential interference in his nomination of a Supreme Court candidate; Taiwan's Constitutional Court strikes down pre-approval of immigration ads as a violation of free speech.