Current Affairs

Meng Wanzhou was arrested at Vancouver International Airport in 2018 and returned to China three years later after entering into a deferred prosecution agreement. In September 2026, this case spanning more than two decades went to trial in the Eastern District of New York. This episode traces the background of the US lawsuit against Huawei and analyzes the specific charges brought by the prosecution.

From sperm donors, intended parents, and procreative intent, this article explains how California law determines parentage in assisted reproduction and gestational surrogacy, and how cases including Sorensen, Johnson, Moschetta, and Buzzanca shaped the current framework.

From City of Grants Pass v. Johnson to President Trump's Executive Order 14321, this article examines how the U.S. Supreme Court redrew the line between the status of homelessness and the conduct of sleeping outside, and how the federal government is using grants, civil commitment, and program conditions to reshape street-level policy.

Gao Mingxuan, a towering figure in Chinese criminal law, died on February 26, 2026, aged 98. Beginning with his role in drafting the PRC's first criminal code, this episode unpacks the long debate between the four-element and three-tier theories of crime—and asks how state penal power should be exercised and citizens' rights protected.

How Kevin Warsh went from Wall Street prodigy to Fed chair nominee, and what his policy instincts may mean for the global economy.