China's Customs announced that it will suspend imports of cloven-hoofed animals and products from Kazakhstan due to an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in the region.

China recently announced that it would suspend imports of poultry and poultry products from Canada to prevent the spread of H5N1 bird flu, effective on February 21. Similarly, Hong Kong also said it would ban poultry products from parts of Canada, as well as from Germany and Spain.

So far, the China - EU/Lithuania political and trade dispute has been based largely on allegations that are difficult to verify. However, there are now official Chinese government documents that indicate a suspension of some imports from Lithuania, although there is still little in the way of explanation for

China's Supreme People's Court recently ruled on a patent infringement lawsuit between AstraZenecaAB and Jiangsu Aosaikang Pharmaceutical Company. In this case, the Supreme Court discussed how patent settlement agreements may violate anti-monopoly law. China is not a common law system, so the court's rulings

The Chinese government recently approved Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)'s acquisition of Xilinx Inc., which allows the two companies to complete their deal by the end of the first quarter of 2022. This piece summarizes the ruling of the agency reviewing the deal and the conditions it imposed.

As China moves to strict regulatory rules on bitcoin, Chinese courts are finding bitcoin-related contracts and transactions illegal. This posts summarizes some of the court rulings and related legal bases for these decisions.

According to China's Customs agency, China is suspending imports of poultry products from Slovenia and cloven hoofed animal products from Palestine, citing sanitary concerns.