Mainland-HK civil, commercial arrangement comes into operation

STORY: Mainland-HK civil, commercial arrangement comes into operation SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 29, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 30, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:31 LOCATION: HONG KONG, China CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the ceremony 2. various of exterior of the Court of Final Appeal, the High Court, Hong Kong 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): YANG WANMIN, Vice President of Supreme People's Court (SPC) 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): PAUL LAM, Secretary for justice of HKSAR government STORYLINE: The courts of mainland and Hong Kong may recognize and enforce reciprocally effective judgments in civil and commercial matters after a new arrangement came into effect on Monday. The Mainland Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters (Reciprocal Enforcement) Ordinance and the Arrangement on Reciprocal Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters by the Courts of the Mainland and of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) came into operation Monday. The new mechanism will significantly enhance the

Chinese activist Xu

Chinese activist Xu

TOKYO, Japan - Undated photo shows Xu Zhiyong, a prominent Chinese legal activist. The Beijing Municipal High People's Court on April 11, 2014, rejected an appeal by Xu, who was earlier in the year convicted of disrupting public order by organizing anti-corruption protests, finalizing his four-year jail sentence that has drawn international criticism.

Chinese seek damages for wartime forced labor in Japan

Chinese seek damages for wartime forced labor in Japan

SHIJIAZHUANG, China - A group of Chinese people go to the High People's Court of Hebei Province in Shijiazhuang on April 2, 2014, to file a lawsuit against Mitsubishi Materials Corp. seeking compensation for forced labor in Japan during the 1937-1945 Sino-Japanese war.

Chinese prepare to seek damages for forced labor in Japan

Chinese prepare to seek damages for forced labor in Japan

SHIJIAZHUANG, China - A group of Chinese people observe a moment of silence at a park in Shijiazhuang on April 2, 2014, before going to the High People's Court of Hebei Province in the city to file a lawsuit against Mitsubishi Materials Corp., seeking compensation for forced labor in Japan during the 1937-1945 Sino-Japanese war. On the far right is a South Korean bereaved relative holding a photo of a deceased former forced laborer from his country.

Bo Xilai's trial

Bo Xilai's trial

JINAN, China - Police officers stand guard in front of the Jinan Intermediate People's Court in Jinan, in eastern China's Shandong Province, on Aug. 23, 2013, as hearings in the high-profile trial of disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai were held there.

Bo Xilai's trial

Bo Xilai's trial

JINAN, China - Police officers stand guard in front of the Jinan Intermediate People's Court in Jinan, in eastern China's Shandong Province, on Aug. 23, 2013, as hearings in the high-profile trial of disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai were held there.