China’s signing of the UN’s International Settlement Agreement will not only benefit international businesses, but might also lead to domestic legal reforms, write Peter Corne and Matthew Erie Last year, China signed the United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation, known as the Singapore Mediation Convention. This was a momentous event in the development of the cross-border dispute resolution industry and provides China with an opportunity to develop a dispute …
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Following the announcement this week that China would be carbon neutral by 2060, Charlotte Middlehurst arranged a round table of environmental experts to discuss whether they think the plan is realistic China surprised the world this week with the announcement that it would decarbonise its economy by 2060. In his address to the United Nations General Assembly, president Xi Jinping pledged to deliver carbon neutrality within the next 40 years. …
The remarkable shift in global politics of recent years came to a head on Tuesday this week (22nd September) when Chinese President Xi Jinping and his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump both spoke in pre-recorded messages to the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly. Xi’s speech to a large extent echoed his famous speech at Davos in 2017. Once again, he sought to portray China as a leading proponent of …