U.S.-Asia Law Institute

August 23 – August 29

China's top legislature begins reviewing a draft law that would codify Beijing's overseas pursuit of fugitive officials and their assets; Hong Kong invites Uber, Didi, and other ride-hailing platforms to apply for licenses under its first law regulating the industry; a Japanese Justice Ministry panel proposes to punish persons who solicit prostitutes; South Korea's Constitutional Court rules that every child born in the country has a constitutional right to birth registration, regardless of nationality or immigration status; Taiwan's opposition-controlled legislature passes a law to fund US$7.6 billion in attack drones and other unmanned systems through regular annual budgets rather than the special budget the government requested.