As the dramatic political shifts in Washington captivate the world, and the US reconsiders its traditional global leadership role, Chinese President Xi Jinping is positioning China to increase its own global role and influence. In a highly touted speech at the World Economic Forum in January, Mr. Xi mounted a
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Trump, Xi Kick Off Economic Relationship
On Friday, April 14, the U.S. Department of Treasury published a widely anticipated semi-annual report detailing the foreign exchange practices of America’s major trading partners. Although he regularly called for China to be labeled as a “currency manipulator” as a candidate, President Donald J. Trump and his administration declined to
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China Implements New Charity Law
In May, we wrote about China’s new Charity Law (official Chinese version available here; unofficial English translation available here) and its establishment of a comprehensive framework for revamping the government’s management of the social sector. For decades, charities, social organizations, and civil society groups have operated in a
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China Builds New Framework Governing Civil Society Organizations, Part II: Foreign NGO Law
In Part I of this two-part series published on May 12, we described China’s new Charity Law and its implications for charitable organizations operating in the country, both domestic and foreign. On April 28, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress enacted another new law, this one governing foreign
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China Builds New Framework Governing Civil Society Organizations, Part I: Charity Law
Since the Xi administration’s pledge during the Fourth Plenum of the 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party in October 2014 to promote the rule of law (or, as the ambiguous language was interpreted by many, “rule by law”), China has issued a number of final and draft laws
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China Moves Forward with Negative List for (Domestic and Foreign) Market Access
In recent years, the business community in China has been abuzz with talk of various market access “negative lists” — lists of exceptions to what would otherwise be open market access. China has now introduced a new market access negative list for all forms of investment in the country, both
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China Enacts Broad Counter-Terrorism Law
On December 27, 2015, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC), China’s top legislative body, enacted a Counter-Terrorism Law (see the Chinese version here), which took effect on January 1, 2016. The adoption of this law, a year after the first draft was released for public comment, followed
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China, the Middle East and the Global Economy–Where Might the “Silk Road” Lead?
China clearly wants to use its enormous financial capacity to secure access to resources, to create good jobs for its huge population, to enhance its strategic clout and to spur global growth in ways that shore up growth at home. Certainly, this is true of China’s engagement with the Middle
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China’s New National Security Law
The Chinese government made headlines around the world on July 1 when the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress passed a sweeping new national security law (see official Chinese version here). The scope of the law, China’s most comprehensive piece of national security legislation to date, is broad.
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Chinese Government Issues 2015 Foreign Investment Catalogue — Effective April 10, 2015
The Chinese government makes no secret of the fact that in its view, foreign investment should be consistent with China’s economic development plans and industrial policies. Its ability to administer foreign investment in accordance with industrial policy is aided by the fact that all foreign investment must go through an
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