Feb 28, 2021Member-onlyStatistical Analysis: Court representations by different law firms in Hong KongAs stated in the Basic Law, Hong Kong residents have the right to be represented in court. To have legal representation, there are plenty choices of law firms in the market. Some (bigger) firms perform more court representations than the others. Who are they? Let’s find it out. This analysis…Hong Kong4 min readHong Kong4 min read
Feb 1, 2021Member-onlyIntelligence and Investigation Talent Moves (January 2021)Nguyễn Phú Trọng (阮富仲) has been elected the general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), during the 13th National Party Congress being held in Hanoi. It will be his third term as the country’s most powerful political figure. …Vietnam3 min readVietnam3 min read
Jan 15, 2021Member-onlyIntelligence and Investigation Talent Moves (15 January)If you are a WhatsApp user in Hong Kong, you might find that your instant-messaging application is somehow quiet these days. On 4 January, WhatsApp updated its terms and privacy policy to enable sharing user data with Facebook Inc, its parent company. …WhatsApp4 min readWhatsApp4 min read
Dec 31, 2020Member-onlyIntelligence and Investigation Talent Moves (December 2020)Yesterday, the COVID-19 vaccine developed by the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca was approved for use in the UK’s vaccination programme. Today, China’s State Food and Drug Administration also gave conditional approval to a vaccine developed by Sinopharm. By the end of 2020, national regulatory authorities have approved six vaccines…Covid-193 min readCovid-193 min read
Dec 15, 2020Member-onlyIntelligence and Investigation Talent Moves (15 December)Early this month, Edward Snowden, the ex-CIA systems analyst who exposed the US spy programme, asked Donald Trump to pardon Wikileaks founder Julian Assange: It has been more than 7 years since Snowden fled to Moscow. …Edward Snowden3 min readEdward Snowden3 min read
Dec 1, 2020Member-onlyIntelligence and Investigation Talent Moves (November 2020)Last week, president-elect Joe Biden announced the nomination of Antony Blinken to the position of secretary of state. Tony served as deputy secretary of state (2015 to 2017) and deputy national security adviser (2013 to 2015) during the Obama administration. For the position of defense secretary, Biden has yet to…Biden3 min readBiden3 min read
Nov 15, 2020Member-onlyIntelligence and Investigation Talent Moves (15 November)In recent weeks, if you are a WhatsApp user in Hong Kong, you might receive the following message from friend: Hello Sorry, I sent you a 6-digit SMS code by SMS by mistake. Can you pass it on to me? It is urgent At the same time, a SMS message…WhatsApp4 min readWhatsApp4 min read
Oct 15, 2020Member-onlyIntelligence and Investigation Talent Moves (15 October)It was reported by FT that the US has blocked Hong Kong residents from accessing at least two federal government websites that provide economic data. The websites of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which publishes economic information including monthly jobs and unemployment figures, and the US Census Bureau, which releases…Department Of Labor4 min readDepartment Of Labor4 min read
Oct 1, 2020Member-onlyIntelligence and Investigation Talent Moves (September 2020)There is a president who dubbed himself Tariff Man, but doesn’t want to pay taxes. There is a startup which provides fraud prevention software, but falsifies its sales figures to defraud investors. On 10 September, Las Vegas-based NS8 informed its employees that hundreds of them were laid off immediately. …Fraud3 min readFraud3 min read
Sep 15, 2020Member-onlyIntelligence and Investigation Talent Moves (15 September)With the passage of time, some change and some do not. This photo of Beijing skyline goes viral in WeChat groups. It was taken by Tom van Dillen, a Dutch consultant living in Beijing, and was first posted on his Twitter on 9 September. The old bricks on both sides…Great Wall Of China3 min readGreat Wall Of China3 min read
