Opinion Pieces

TikTok has recently been banned in India on national security grounds amid rising political tensions between China and India. Officials in Washington, DC, including U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, have also been focusing on TikTok because of its Chinese ownership. TikTok will ultimately be...

(As originally published in China-US Focus)   The US Senate has passed a bill restricting IPOs of Chinese firms on US exchanges. The drumbeat escalated last month in light of the recent fraudulent activity at Luckin Coffee. With both political parties looking to appear tough on China in this...

Without too much fanfare, China’s new Foreign Investment Law passed in March last year has now come into effect as of 2020. Almost a year ago, a draft of the law had been sitting relatively untouched since 2015 before it was unexpectedly rushed through for approval. Many commentators viewed...