U.S.-Asia Law Institute

April 05 – April 11

Chinese Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping meets with the chair of Taiwan’s largest opposition party to make the case that cross-straits relations is a domestic affair; political figures from Taiwan’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party are critical but restrained in their responses to the meeting; China’s State Council announces a new framework for ensuring industrial supply chain security; Hong Kong authorities continue their securitization of society by linking restaurant licenses to national security conditions; Japanese lawmakers discuss creating a committee to draft revisions to the constitution; South Korea fines Christie's 280 million won after a data breach exposed 620 clients' personal information.