A dynamic lecture on Hong Kong’s latest developments (after the reunification with the
Mainland China in 1997), measures to stimulate the economic performance amid the
global economic turmoil, as well as the trade relations with US and Hawai‘i.

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Economic and finance theories – for example, the efficient markets hypothesis (EMH), financial economics and behavioural finance – enrich our understanding of securities regulation and assist in regulatory design. This lecture, however, argues that the theories are largely irrelevant to the long-standing core aims of securities regulation – the prevention of fraud and investor protection via disclosure of material information. So, for example, behavioural finance tells us that irrational investors may make bad investment decisions for a variety of reasons. This insight tells us nothing lawyers do not know already or intuitively. The thesis of this lecture is that the United Kingdom – and by extension the former British enclaves in the Southern hemisphere such as Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand which all adopted United Kingdom law – had developed a powerful and “classic legal genealogy” or rationale for securities regulation long before EMH – or indeed, any other finance theory – became main-stream. It is this “reclaimed” genealogy that should inform governmental regulation of securities markets in those countries.

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This talk will consider a variety of issues relating to resolving business disputes with Chinese entities, including the following: Is it possible for foreign businesses to obtain fair and competent court decisions in China? Is arbitration before China’s international or local arbitration commissions more promising? What about enforcement of court judgments and arbitration awards in China? How often do commercial disputes with Chinese entities become “criminalized”? Does the criminal process offer foreigners unanticipated dangers or creative possibilities? If direct negotiations fail, is mediation the best option? Or should American companies always insist on litigation or arbitration outside China? What problems have arisen in American courts?

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