U.S.-Asia Law Institute

November 30 - December 6

China announces plans for an ambitious nationwide system to better enforce environmental protection laws; the Hong Kong government works to control the public narrative about a deadly fire that killed at least 159 persons in seven residential high-rises; a Japanese expert panel supports creating criminal penalties for implanting gene-edited human embryos into humans or animals to produce babies; South Korea’s ruling Democratic Party sets off a firestorm by proposing to create special tribunals to adjudicate insurrection cases from former President Yoon Suk Yeol's failed martial law declaration; Taiwan’s Interior Ministry orders internet service providers to block the Chinese social media app RedNote (Xiaohongshu) for one year due to its poor cybersecurity and rampant fraud.