Global businesses that comply with sanctions deemed illegal by MOFCOM can be sued for compensation in Chinese courts.
January 11, 2021A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said Beijing would take “firm counter-measures against the malicious actions by the US".
December 9, 2020Four individuals at US-linked nonprofits are barred from entering China, including Hong Kong and Macau, for having “performed badly” over Hong Kong affairs.
December 7, 2020China's Foreign Ministry says the move is a violation of the basic norms governing international relations, urging the US to withdraw the sanctions.
November 11, 2020Implementing US sanctions is unlikely to be considered a breach of the national security law. The SFC has dropped a plan to force cloud providers to share client data.
November 10, 2020Guy Harrison compares the approaches to China, Iran and Russia we can expect from incumbent Donald Trump and candidate Joe Biden ahead of the US presidential election.
November 2, 2020One of the main concerns for Chinese banks is that a loss of access to dollar finance could hamper their ability to lend to corporate customers that rely on USD financing.
October 30, 2020According to updated HKMA guidance, suspected breaches of the national security law should be treated the same as AML/CFT violations and be reported to the JFIU as STRs.
October 21, 2020International financial institutions conducting 'significant transactions' with the ten sanctioned individuals could face secondary sanctions.
October 16, 2020Police believe the 15 individuals manipulated the stock price of Next Digital after its owner Jimmy Lai was arrested last month.
September 10, 2020