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CHINA | Increasing National Security and It’s Implications

Today’s China plays a more influential and significant international role than 40 years ago. It has started to assert more power internationally and increased national security.

In 1978, Deng Xiaoping initiated the Reform and Opening Up policy and opened China’s door to the world. As a result, China’s GDP rose from 367.9 billion yuan in 1978 to 15.45 trillion yuan in 2020, and China rose from a third-world country to becoming a global economic superpower.

In the last 40 years, China’s […]

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CHINA | Preparing for the Data Security Law

On 10 June 2021, the Standing Committee of the 13th National People’s Congress adopted the Data Security Law of the People’s Republic of China (“Data Security Law”) effective from 1 September 2021.

The Law establishes an overarching framework to regulate data handling and management accordingly with national sovereignty, security, and development interests. Under the Data Security Law, the scope and definition of data include any record of information in electronic or other forms. And an extraterritorial application to China-related data handling […]

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Don’t get caught with your guard down — global data protection is a serious matter for foreign-invested businesses operating in China

In global business, the obligation to
protect valuable data is paramount for enterprises. 

This month marks the third anniversary
of the Cybersecurity Law of the People’s Republic of China (CSL). Equally, last
month was the second anniversary of the General Data Protection Regulation
(GPDR). Since the implementation of these
measures, enforcement of both has continued to expand and compliance for
companies remains an important issue. In June, Horizons regional partner Lucia Netti served
as a panellist on a much-viewed webinar addressing global data protection for
enterprises. The […]

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