The peaceful settlement of international disputes is a fundamental principle of international law and relations. Both the UN Charter (Article 33) and the Declaration on Principles of International Law concerning Friendly Relations and Cooperation among States adopted alongside in 1970 set out mediation as one of the means to settle international disputes. In the 2012…
Top Chinese diplomat Wang Yi will arrive in Hong Kong on Thursday afternoon and meet the city’s leader ahead of a ceremony for the establishment of an intergovernmental mediation organisation in the financial hub, the Post has learned. A source familiar with the itinerary said on Wednesday that Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu would greet…
An international mediation body to be inaugurated in Hong Kong and backed by mainland Chinese authorities could open its office as early as the end of this year, a senior official has said. Legal experts said they expect it to burnish the city’s status as a top jurisdiction to resolve disputes between states amid rising…
A traveller from Thailand has been given a two-year jail sentence in Hong Kong for smuggling 187 parrot eggs valued at an estimated HK$1.4 million, with an expert saying the seizure is part of a global uptick of such cases involving endangered species. A Hong Kong court on Friday convicted the Thai man, 30, of…
A traveller from Thailand has been given a two-year jail sentence in Hong Kong for smuggling 187 parrot eggs valued at an estimated HK$1.4 million, with an expert saying the seizure is part of a global uptick of such cases involving endangered species. A Hong Kong court on Friday convicted the Thai man, 30, of…
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Sany Heavy Industry, one of China’s largest heavy equipment manufacturers, plans to use the sum of up to US$1.5 billion that it could raise in a proposed Hong Kong initial public offering (IPO) to support global expansion, despite ongoing trade tensions between China and the US, according to an executive. The Shanghai-listed company will use…