As China's new rules on data exports take effect today, some data will need to pass an official assessment in order to be transferred abroad. To assist the implementation, the Chinese internet watchdog released more information to help companies navigate through the  procedure.

China's Customs agency is allowing more imports of goods from Brazil, with new guidelines for imported soybean meal and orange fiber pellets.

China's National Intellectual Property Administration (NIPA) updated the lists of demonstration and pilot cities for intellectual property rights (IPR) protection, part of its effort to enhance IPR protection and promote IP.

China has now opened its door to imports of soybean meal from Zambia, the latest example of China seeking more trade with the African continent.

China's Customs announced that it will start allowing imports of fresh pineapples from Indonesia.

In a recent law journal article, law professor Timothy Webster describes the Chinese sanctions regime, the Western sanctions mechanisms that inspired it, and also its deviation from Western goals.

China's cybersecurity agency recently published a list of algorithms from a number of prominent internet companies. This is part of the implementation of the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) measures governing algorithms of internet service providers.