The arrest of Meng Wanzhou, CFO of international telecom giant Huawei Technologies, have fired up political and diplomatic commotions around the world. Meng’s arrest in Vancouver based on several indictment charges accused by the US government against Meng particularly situated Canada in a precarious position of standing strong as an ally of the US, but also avoiding needless enragement of China. Because the US filed a formal extradition request to Canada, Canada’s federal Minister of Justice has to determine whether Meng’s extradition hearing will take place, by examining legal prongs under the US-Canada Extradition Treaty. The international communities will be watching closely of this contentious extradition case that will certainly have huge implications on diplomatic, economic and political relationships between the Western world and China.

Every year, China’s air quality is reaching hazardous level. Accordingly, China is adapting stringent environmental regulations under the new 13th Five Year Plan. The noticeable developments in the new air pollution regulations include: (1) mandatory air pollutant disclosure requirement; (2) shift towards non-compliance liability rule; and (3) increased penalty for transgression against wider range of industries. This paper first explains that these developments will induce American investments in China to carefully draft investment contracts, particularly confidentiality and limited liability clauses to minimize the risk of harsher penalties. The paper then argues that China’s stringent pollution regulations will not negatively affect American investment trend in China, mainly because most American investments already adhere to the OECD standard, and disclosing environmental information will enhance entity’s good reputation and attract investors.

본 연구는 1999년 헝가리에서 수집한 고추 유전자원 35점을 평가하여 원예적 형질을 조사하고 유용한 자원을 선발하고자 실시하였다. 한국시판 대비 품종 ‘금당’과 ‘슈퍼비가림’과 비교했을 때 개화소요일은 거의 유사하였으며, 초장은 한국 품종이 평균 163cm이었으나 헝가리 자원은 133cm로 작게 조사되었다. 과형은 한국 품종과 유사한 sweet banana형이 83%로 가장 많았고, 소형은 cherry형이 14%였다. 과중은 대체로 한국 품종 25g에 비해 무거워 평균 34.7g이었다. ASTA 값은 100이상이 9자원이었으며, 당함량은 15% 이상이 4자원이었다. Capsaicinoids 함량은 10mg% 이하인 자원이 69%, 10~40mg%가 17%, 40mg% 이상은 14%로 대부분 매운맛 성분이 적은 자원이었다.