5 h. ago China’s New Tax Reporting Rules Are a Game Changer for Overseas Internet Platforms – Publications

China’s New Tax Reporting Rules Are a Game Changer for Overseas Internet Platforms – Publications  Morgan Lewis

Politics

34 h. ago New China Platform Information Reporting Rules: Deadlines & Compliance

New China Platform Information Reporting Rules: Deadlines & Compliance  China Briefing

Events

37 h. ago Outspoken Hong Kong lawmaker Doreen Kong, 55, will not seek second term in Legco

Hong Kong lawmaker Doreen Kong Yuk-foon, known for her outspoken views, has announced that she will not seek a second term in the coming Legislative Council election, saying she wants to shift her focus back to her legal practice. Her decision, revealed on Wednesday, brings the number of incumbent legislators who are stepping down to 22 – nearly a quarter of the current 89 members. Kong, 55, also said she was preparing an online platform which would allow her to analyse public affairs and...

Politics

37 h. ago Outspoken Hong Kong lawmaker Doreen Kong, 55, will not seek second Legco term

Hong Kong lawmaker Doreen Kong Yuk-foon, known for her outspoken views, has announced that she will not seek a second term in the coming Legislative Council election, saying she wants to shift her focus back to her legal practice. Her decision, revealed on Wednesday, brings the number of incumbent legislators who are opting not to run to 22 – nearly a quarter of the current 89 members. Kong, 55, also said she was preparing an online platform which would allow her to analyse public affairs and...

Politics

51 h. ago China Ends Platinum Tax Rebate: New Opportunities for Market Entrants

China Ends Platinum Tax Rebate: New Opportunities for Market Entrants  Investing News Network

Economics

6 d. ago Indonesia’s Bali subway plan stalls over investor concerns and feasibility

A US$20 billion plan to build an underground light rail in Indonesia’s Bali has stalled due to wary investors and concerns over land scarcity, throwing into question whether the island’s long-promised solution to solve its notorious traffic gridlock would ever get off the ground. More than a year after its ceremonial groundbreaking, the “Bali Urban Subway” remains in the feasibility-study phase. Officials once hailed the project as a game changer that would ease congestion and preserve the...

Economics

2 w. ago Rethinking Revenue: China Looks To Ease Fiscal Strain With Targeted Tax Reforms

Rethinking Revenue: China Looks To Ease Fiscal Strain With Targeted Tax Reforms  The US-China Business Council

Events

2 w. ago Will new accountability system be fair to Hong Kong’s civil servants?

Alarm and despondency could spread through Hong Kong’s civil service in the coming weeks as the significance of last month’s policy address begins to sink in. The proposal to introduce a heads of department accountability system and make other changes to performance assessment methodology is a real game changer. Despite ritual praise of our 170,000 officials as “an outstanding team”, it is clear Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu feels there is considerable scope for improvement in management, and...

Politics

2 w. ago Think through what it means to discipline Hong Kong’s top civil servants

Alarm and despondency could spread through Hong Kong’s civil service in the coming weeks as the significance of last month’s policy address begins to sink in. The proposal to introduce a heads of department accountability system and make other changes to performance assessment methodology is a real game changer. Despite ritual praise of our 170,000 officials as “an outstanding team”, it is clear Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu feels there is considerable scope for improvement in management, and...

Politics

3 w. ago With US backing, Israel’s rising global isolation is not a ‘game changer’

After two years of warfare with Hamas that the United Nations says has brought genocide and famine to Gaza, Israel finds itself more isolated than ever, as it remains intransigent in pursuing its goal of defeating the militant group and rejecting rising global support for Palestinian statehood. Many of its Western allies, including Australia, Britain, Canada and France, have recognised – albeit conditionally – the West Bank-based Palestinian Authority as the government of a non-existent...

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4 w. ago China Buys More Argentine Soybeans as Tax Relief Spurs Trade

China Buys More Argentine Soybeans as Tax Relief Spurs Trade  Bloomberg.com

Economics

4 w. ago Why China’s property crisis is putting tax overhaul on new 5

As China drafts its 15th five-year plan – the next entry in a line of expansive blueprints that have set the tone for the country’s development over more than seven decades – we examine how these documents inform and reflect high-level policy priorities, and what to expect in the coming iteration, such as how it could help alleviate local-level financial woes. For more entries in this ongoing series, click here. In late March, an announcement by the central Hubei province sent a shiver down the...

Events

last month China Buys Argentine Soybeans After Tax Drop, Leaving U.S. Farmers Sidelined

China Buys Argentine Soybeans After Tax Drop, Leaving U.S. Farmers Sidelined  Successful Farming

Economics