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As Chinese firms expand overseas, legal spotlight turns on cross-border disputes

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As Chinese firms expand overseas, legal spotlight turns on cross-border disputes

Chinese enterprises setting up overseas are navigating a minefield of legal challenges, making effective dispute resolution through arbitration more crucial than ever, according to legal experts. The emerging frontier of international arbitration to mediate contract risk for Chinese companies – fuelled in part by Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative – not only tests Chinese firms’ … Read more

China’s plan for cybersecurity ID could be a path to social control, legal experts say

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China’s plan for cybersecurity ID could be a path to social control, legal experts say

The initiative aims to “protect citizens’ personal information, regulate the public service for authentication of cyberspace IDs, and accelerate the implementation of the trusted online identity strategy”. The 16-article initiative proposes a unified network number, composed of letters and numbers, and a digital authentication credential, both corresponding to a user’s identity, so that no personal … Read more