Chinese media publish new Communist Party guidance for the judiciary; a Chinese court sentences a Japanese businessman to 3 1/2 years in prison on an espionage conviction; the Hong Kong Court of Appeals will rule within nine months on appeals from twelve pro-democracy activists jailed for holding an unofficial primary election; the Japanese government establishes an administrative body aimed at easing citizens' concerns over the rapid rise in the number of foreigners living in the country; a South Korean court retries a man who was hanged in 1980 for the 1979 assassination of strongman Park Chung-hee; Taiwan prepares for an unprecedented wave of 31 recall elections with the Democratic Progressive Party hoping to gain control of the Legislative Yuan and end divided government.
July 13, 2025-July 20, 2025
Chinese media publish new Communist Party guidance for the judiciary; a Chinese court sentences a Japanese businessman to 3 1/2 years in prison on an espionage conviction; the Hong Kong Court of Appeals will rule within nine months on appeals from twelve pro-democracy activists jailed for holding an unofficial primary election; the Japanese government establishes an administrative body aimed at easing citizens' concerns over the rapid rise in the number of foreigners living in the country; a South Korean court retries a man who was hanged in 1980 for the 1979 assassination of strongman Park Chung-hee; Taiwan prepares for an unprecedented wave of 31 recall elections with the Democratic Progressive Party hoping to gain control of the Legislative Yuan and end divided government.