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Week in Review: Hong Kong Sanctions, WeChat and TikTok Restrictions, and the Clean Network

The Department of Treasury Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) imposed sanctions on 11 Chinese and Hong Kong officials—including Carrie Lam, Chief Executive of Hong Kong, and Xia Baolong, Director of the State Council’s Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office—for undermining Hong Kong’s autonomy...

Sanctions the United States May Deploy Against China

Economic and trade sanctions are one of the United States’ most powerful foreign policy tools. They are deployed to change the behavior of a country, entity, or individual, and to further various geopolitical and national security goals, from nonproliferation and counterterrorism to democracy...

China Targets Financial Services, Cybersecurity, and IP in 2020 Legislative Work Plan

On July 8, the State Council issued the Legislative Work Plan for 2020, an annual document that acts as a blueprint for amending or creating new laws and regulations over the rest of the year. The 2020 plan indicates that China will deliberate over 40 laws and administrative regulations, a...

An Overview of China’s Ongoing IP Reforms

Commitments to improve the protection of intellectual property (IP) rights comprised a large portion of the Phase One trade deal signed by the United States and China in January. China has been implementing its IP commitments mainly through revising existing laws as well as issuing judicial...

Week in Review: New Xinjiang Sanctions, Trump Orders ByteDance to Divest TikTok, and Congress Eyes Long-Term Competition With China

In his testimony on the State Department’s 2021 budget request before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called China the most “central threat of our times.” Pompeo credited the State Department’s “vigorous diplomacy,” detailing a long list of...

Week in Review: Consulate Closures, Seeking Allies to Counter China, and More Entity Listings over Xinjiang

Diplomatic tensions spiked this week after the State Department ordered the Chinese consulate in Houston to close no later than today, citing intellectual property theft concerns. China’s foreign ministry said the demand violates international law and the bilateral consular agreement, and today...

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