U.S.-Asia Law Institute

October 25– October 31

China's Communist Party ratifies the purge of thirty-three senior officials and resolves to strengthen self-discipline; Hong Kong's chief executive apologizes and promises to make bid-rigging a crime after an independent inquiry finds that regulators share the blame for a fatal 2025 highrise fire; Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party and two other parties agree to cut thirty-one lower house seats; South Korea's ruling party moves to investigate the Supreme Court chief justice; Taiwan's legislature authorizes the death penalty for drug-impaired drivers who cause a fatality.