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ChiNext finalizes reforms liberalizing listing process while tightening disclosure requirements; Hong Kong sees major secondary listings in quick succession with Nasdaq-listed NetEase and JD.com; and American Express becomes first foreign player approved to offer card-clearing services in China

Certified commercial crypto products are subject to follow-up monitoring

The U.S. is tightening export controls for a city that acts as a gateway for Chinese firms to access U.S. tech

Jerry (Jianwei) Fang and Wenpei Yu of Zhong Lun Law Firm discuss the important changes to updated Personal Information Security Specification and how it offers more protection to those who provide personal information for collection, and recommend actions companies should consider to ensure compliance under the new regulations

U.S.-China hostilities have been pretty one-sided so far, but China has vowed to retaliate starting with measures targeting U.S. companies

U.S. companies in China are caught between the cross hairs of both the Chinese and U.S. governments

Unbundled consent, biometric data and personalized displays all feature in China's latest data protection specification

Regulators will use a new national standard as a compliance yardstick for companies' data protection measures

Beijing imposes national security law on Hong Kong; U.S. adds more Chinese entities to Entity List; and Alibaba, Xiaomi set to join benchmark Hong Kong index