Translation Tag: legal affairs
In this press conference, representatives from the Taiwan Affairs Office and top judicial and public security bodies in Beijing answer media questions about newly-issued guidelines regarding the prosecution of “secession” crimes by proponents of “Taiwan independence.”
This article was written during the consultation period for new national security legislation through Article 23 of Hong Kong’s Basic Law. Shao Shanbo, previous head of the former Hong Kong Central Policy Unit (a government think tank advising the Chief Executive that was revamped under a new name in 2018), addresses criticism voiced within Hong Kong and by external observers over the bill’s potential breadth. Prominently, he argues that terms such as “incitement” are not vague because they have been clarified by legal precedents within the city’s common law system.
Summary of remarks given to the Central Political and Legal Affairs Committee by Chen Yixin, the organization’s Secretary-General. The speech is a good encapsulation of Xi Jinping’s thinking on domestic security.