U.S.-Asia Law Institute

April 26– May 02

Chinese market regulators order Meta to unwind its $2 billion-plus acquisition of agentic AI startup Manus despite Manus’ reincorporation in Singapore; Hong Kong presses criminal charges against two men accused of posting social media calls to boycott last year’s Legislative Council elections; Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi convenes an expert panel to review Japan's defense policies and spending levels; former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife, Kim Keon Hee, both receive longer prison terms from an appellate court; a Taiwan court sentences a former TSMC engineer to ten years in prison for passing chip secrets to an equipment supplier.