The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, China's top legislature, unanimously passed on Tuesday the National Security Law for Hong Kong, which came into force on Tuesday night.
The Supreme People's Court issued a guideline on Friday to clarify and regulate death sentence review and execution procedures to better protect the rights and interests of people on death row.The guideline, with 13 articles, will take effect on Sept 1. It states that criminals close to execution can meet not only their close family members such as spouses and children, but also other relatives or friends subject to reason. Courts should inform those on death row that they have the right to such a meeting. If the people inmates wish to see refuse the meeting, courts must also tell the defendants, it said.If someone applies to meet with his or her child who is under 18, courts should ask for the approval of the second guardian of the child. A video meeting could be arranged if courts rule such a meeting may affect the children’s psychological health after a review, according to the guideline.The last words of people about to be executed can be recorded by audio or video, it added.The guideline also clarifies the legitimate rights of convicts on death row, while the top court is reviewing the death penalty itself. Under current laws, all death sentences in the country must be finally approved by the Supreme People’s Court.While the local court may deliver the death verdict, it should inform the convict of their right to a defense lawyer while the top court reviews the penalty. The defense lawyer can submit their findings or evidence either to the local court or directly to the top court, according to the guideline.Despite courts in different areas operating under varying rules to carry out executions follwing the death sentence, all must submit the penalty to the Supreme People’s Court for review and approval.
The Switzerland-based International Union for Conservation of Nature, or IUCN, said Southeast Asia and Oceania lost 385,000 square kilometers of forest cover between 1990 and 2010.
The Shanghai-based company sold 1.1 million cars in the January-April period, down 44.9 percent year on year. It also sold 417,600 cars in April, down 8.62 percent year on year.
The Shenzhen-based company said its healthcare ecosystem will focus on five areas – government, patients, providers, payers and technology.
The Shaanxi section of the park accounts for nearly 8 percent of the Qinling Mountains' 57,000 square kilometers. The mountain range includes 12 nature reserves.
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The Shanghai Pudong New Area launched the new registration policy in March 2017 to greatly shorten waiting times for cosmetic imports approvals. To date, the policy has benefited a total of 1,680 imported items.
The Trump administration threatened to slap a 10 percent tariff on 0 billion in Chinese imports on Monday, a weekend apart from announcing hefty tariffs on made-in-China products, escalating a trade dispute that has put markets and businesses on edge.
The Times reports that these agreements, some of which are still active today, give companies from a variety of industries more access to user data than previously known and essentially exempted partners from its privacy rules. From the report:
The Sino-Russian relationship has been developing in a positive, mutually beneficial direction thanks to the efforts of both governments, said Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday.