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The country's national security, cybersecurity, anti-terrorism and financial IT rules can significantly impact foreign companies' operations, data privacy and cross-border information transfers. MNCs need to work together to prevent these costly and potentially risky changes

Practitioners highlight the importance of advance preparation for litigation and arbitration, as well as a careful approach to IP, as data risks grow

The Circular expands the scope of super-deduction of research and development expenses.

New rules expand tax super-deductions to all R&D-related expenses including outsourcing fees and simplify guidelines with a negative list. Companies no longer need approval and can expect fewer negotiations with authorities

Tax breaks for technology transfers expanded to the whole of China.

Tax breaks for technology transfers expanded to the whole of China.

Cloud computing service providers in China have to actively remove copyright-infringing content from their networks and put in place systems to prevent users from sharing such works. Rights owners welcome the development but data privacy concerns emerge

China cracks down on illegal uploading through cloud storage.

This article is from the TMT chapter of the 2015 Annual Review and is available for download here.Ben Qi of Jin Mao Partners explains how foreign…