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04 November 2024

New PRC Cyber Data Security Regulations Will Impact U.S. Sensitive Data in China

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On 24 September, the State Council of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) issued the order to promulgate the “Regulations on the Management of Network Data Security” (网络数据安全管理条例), hereafter referred to as Cyber Data Security Regulations).
30 July 2024

How does Pamir help get your China business strategy right?

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As trade tensions between the United States and China escalate, it’s essential to get your China business strategy right. Pamir has decades of experience as a China business strategy partner to hundreds of U.S. companies.
03 July 2024

What should you do if you suspect IP theft or counterfeiting of your products in China?

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China has been identified as the epicenter of the counterfeit electronics trade. But it impacts other products, including toys, healthcare supplies, apparel, footwear, to name a few, as well as brand theft.
11 June 2024

Rising US Concerns Over China Challenge in US-Mexico Trade Relations

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As US-Mexico trade increases, Washington’s concerns that Mexico serves as a transit point for Chinese goods to the US are rising.
03 June 2024

Japan and the European Union agree closer cooperation to develop advanced materials as they look to de-risk from Chinese supply chains

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Japan and Europe rely on Chinese advanced materials to produce semiconductors, electronics, and even renewable energy equipment.
01 May 2024

Assessing the Chinese biotech supply chain risk: Proposed Biosecurity Act targets four Chinese biotech companies deemed to be U.S. national security concern

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The proposed Biosecurity Act has been advanced to the Senate floor and specifically targets four Chinese biotech firms – WuXi AppTec, WuXi Bio, BGI Genomics, and MGI and its San Jose-Based subsidiary, Complete Genomics – from accessing U.S. funding and contracts with domestic biotech and pharma firms.
10 April 2024

The U.S. is building a homegrown synthetic graphite supply chain for EV batteries

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The U.S. is building a homegrown supply chain for synthetic graphite for use in the manufacture of EV batteries to minimize the risk from China’s global dominance in natural graphite production and its recent export ban on certain graphite products.
28 March 2024

China claims progress in advanced chips as it seeks workarounds to export bans

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China’s largest chip maker will start mass producing 5-nanometer chips for Huawei this year — and is also working on developing ‘chiplets’ as it seeks to become self-reliant in response to US export bans.
16 February 2024

China’s Economy Faces Challenges Ahead

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The World Bank and UBS expect China’s 2024 GDP will grow 4.5%; Moody’s projected 5% is similar to forecasts by most Chinese economists.
13 February 2024

China Pharma Market Demand for Diabetes and Weight Loss Drugs Expands

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On 26 January China’s National Medical Products Administration announced that it had approved Novo Nordisk’s Rybelsus treatment for Type-2 diabetes, making it the first orally administrated GLP-1 receptor agonist drug available in the burgeoning Chinese market.
12 February 2024

China Ups Ante in Quantum Computing Global Competition

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Chinese scientists believe the success of domestic firm Origin Quantum’s computer development has given China “a ticket” to global quantum computing competition, despite restrictions imposed by the US on quantum computing chip and technology exports.
06 February 2024

China’s Demand for ASML Semiconductor Equipment Grows

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China’s goal of becoming more self-reliant in semiconductor production has manifested as imports of foreign-made manufacturing equipment are rising, while purchases of foreign chips have dropped.
25 January 2024

China Gains Competitive Edge in Sodium-Ion EVs

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On 5 January Anhui Jianghua Automobile (JAC) began deliveries of its Yiwei electric vehicle, which it claims is the world’s first mass-produced car powered by a sodium-ion battery.
25 January 2024

US Seeks To Deter Use of Chinese EV Batteries

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Beijing has criticized as “protectionist” the December 2023 US decision to deny tax credits to electric vehicles equipped with battery minerals or components originating from “Foreign Entities of Concern”; designated countries are China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea.
12 October 2023

President Biden’s historic Hanoi visit strengthens US-Vietnam relations

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The United States continued its continued diplomacy around global geopolitics when President Biden visited Hanoi, Vietnam on 10 September to meet General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong.

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04 November 2024

New PRC Cyber Data Security Regulations Will Impact U.S. Sensitive Data in China

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On 24 September, the State Council of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) issued the order to promulgate the “Regulations on the Management of Network Data Security” (网络数据安全管理条例), hereafter referred to as Cyber Data Security Regulations).
01 November 2024

China and Vietnam Play Down Disputes in the South China Sea

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On 29 September, a Vietnamese fishing boat clashed with Chinese maritime law enforcement ships in the disputed waters around the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea (SCS).
17 October 2024

Beijing’s Pursuit of Green Economy Will Strain China’s Foreign Relations

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On 11 August, the Chinese government issued the “Opinions of the CCP Central Committee and the State Council on Expediting Comprehensive Green Transformation for Economic and Social Development” (中共中央 国务院关于加快经济社会发展全面绿色转型的意见).
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