Heeding Beijing’s call, law firms tone down China risks in IPO applications

HONG KONG (Reuters) -Law firms in China are scrambling to comply with Beijing’s new guidance to tone down the language used to describe China-related business risks in companies’ offshore listing documents, five people familiar with the matter said. The moves come after China’s securities regulator last month in a closed-door meeting asked domestic law firms…

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Exclusive-US, S. Korea, Japan to launch new defense steps at Camp David -officials

By Trevor Hunnicutt, David Brunnstrom and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States, Japan and South Korea will launch a series of joint initiatives on technology and defense when the countries’ leaders gather at Camp David this Friday, according to senior U.S. administration officials, amid mounting shared concerns about China. While the summit is…

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