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Chinese Traders Charged With Trading on Hacked Nonpublic Information Stolen From Two Law Firms
December 28th, 2016
Marks First Time SEC Charges Hacking Into Law Firm Computer Networks The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged three Chinese traders with fraudulently trading on hacked nonpublic market-moving information stolen from two prominent New York-based law firms, racking up ...
European law firm announces merger with Chinese firm
November 15th, 2016
The tie up sees JS Partners adopt the new name ‘Fei Shi’ and the Fieldfisher brand. European law firm Fieldfisher announces its latest merger with Chinese firm, JS Partners. The merger, structured as a Swiss Verein, takes effect from ...
Chinese investors are buying bitcoin as the yuan continues to fall
November 7th, 2016
Chinese investors are buying bitcoin as the yuan continues to fall since bitcoin allows them to store funds outside of China, according to The Wall Street Journal. The activity has renewed fears of government enforcement action against bitcoin, which happened when ...
Chinese lawyers ordered to ‘support’ the Chinese Communist Party
October 31st, 2016
The Chinese government’s tough stance on its own legal community just got a little bit tougher. The Chinese Ministry of Justice has handed down two new directives which require all lawyers in the country to ‘support the leadership of ...
Multinational law firm agrees partnership with Chinese law firm
October 18th, 2016
Leading global law firm Hogan Lovells and Fujian Fidelity Law Firm (“Fidelity“) have entered into a formal association in the China (Shanghai) Free Trade Zone (“Shanghai FTZ“). This move reflects the firm’s growth strategy in Asia and the importance ...
Chinese lawyers demand State Council to recall rules aimed to silence legal practitioners
October 12th, 2016
A total of 168 lawyers signed a petition letter sent to the State Council on Saturday, demanding revocation of amended regulations on law firms seen as a further attempt to silence legal practitioners critical of the authorities. The lawyers ...
Braintree European merchants ready to accept UnionPay to tap Chinese shoppers
September 19th, 2016
Braintree merchants in most European countries will be able to accept UnionPay through Braintree’s SDK helping them to tap Chinese shoppers buying from overseas. According to research data from PayPal & IPSOS, China is the top export market for UK businesses, with an ...
Inexperienced Chinese investors are getting stung by fintech scams
September 8th, 2016
China is witnessing a fintech boom. Companies providing electronic payments, cryptocurrency trading and other online financial services there are not only mushrooming, they are among the biggest and most highly rated in the world. The Fintech 100, a ranking ...
Russia is set to replace Saudi Arabia as leading oil supplier to the Chinese market
August 8th, 2016
Russia is set to replace Saudi Arabia as leading oil supplier to the Chinese market; over the past year monthly exports to China from Russia’s Far East have regularly exceeded those from the Middle Eastern country. At the beginning ...
UK property price slide creates wave of Chinese interest
July 25th, 2016
Interest among Chinese buyers in buying UK property has surged since Britain voted to leave the European Union last month, as the pound’s slide has created opportunities to buy at a discount, the property website juwai.com said on Monday. ...
