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19-03-2025
- Business
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China issues rule to strike back in international intellectual property disputes
The State Council, China's cabinet, on Wednesday issued a regulation saying the country may take countermeasures if foreign countries impose discriminatory or restrictive measures against its citizens or organisations in intellectual property disputes. It issued the rule as part of Beijing's efforts to strengthen its toolbox to counter external "containment and suppression". The rule, part of a set of regulations on the settlement of foreign-related intellectual property disputes, will come into effect on May 1. Do you have questions about the biggest topics and trends from around the world? Get the answers with SCMP Knowledge, our new platform of curated content with explainers, FAQs, analyses and infographics brought to you by our award-winning team. Although the regulation does not single out any country, it appears to target the US and European Union, which have accused China of intellectual property rights infringement and forced technology transfer in trade disputes. Beijing has denied those accusations. According to the regulation, in cases where a foreign government "uses intellectual property disputes as an excuse to contain and suppress China, takes discriminatory restrictive measures against Chinese citizens and organisations, and interferes in internal affairs", Beijing may act according to the Foreign Relations Law and Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law. More to follow... This article originally appeared in the South China Morning Post (SCMP), the most authoritative voice reporting on China and Asia for more than a century. For more SCMP stories, please explore the SCMP app or visit the SCMP's Facebook and Twitter pages. Copyright © 2025 South China Morning Post Publishers Ltd. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 2025. South China Morning Post Publishers Ltd. All rights reserved.
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14-03-2025
- Politics
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China, Russia and Iran issue joint call for end to 'illegal' nuclear sanctions on Tehran
China, Russia and Iran have called for an end of "illegal and unilateral sanctions" as well as "threats of force" against Tehran following three-way talks in Beijing on Friday. In a joint statement released by Chinese state broadcaster CCTV, the three countries said diplomatic engagement and dialogue based on "mutual respect" were the "only effective and viable options" for addressing the issue of Iran's nuclear programme. They added that all parties should work to "eliminate the root causes" of the problem, saying: "The three countries stressed the need to end all illegal unilateral sanctions. Relevant parties should ... abandon sanctions pressure and threats of force." Do you have questions about the biggest topics and trends from around the world? Get the answers with SCMP Knowledge, our new platform of curated content with explainers, FAQs, analyses and infographics brought to you by our award-winning team. The statement did not explicitly mention the United States, but the meeting was held after Iran rejected Donald Trump's proposal to restart nuclear talks. During his first term as president, Trump pulled the United States out of an international deal in which Iran agreed to limit its nuclear programme in return for the lifting of sanctions. Chinese foreign vice-minister Ma Zhaoxu appeared at a joint press conference alongside his Russian and Iranian counterparts Sergei Ryabkov and Kazem Gharibabadi, where he said: "We stressed the importance of UN Security Council Resolution 2231 and its time frame, and called on the parties concerned to avoid actions that escalate the situation and jointly create a favourable atmosphere and conditions for diplomatic efforts." The resolution Ma referred to endorsed the nuclear deal - known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action - which was also signed by China, Russia, Britain, France, Germany and the European Union. Last week, Trump suggested restarting the talks in a letter written to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivered by the United Arab Emirates. He said in an interview the day after the letter was delivered that the US would have to "go in militarily" if Tehran did not want to negotiate. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian responded that he would not negotiate while being "threatened", adding that Iran would not bow to US "orders" to talk. This article originally appeared in the South China Morning Post (SCMP), the most authoritative voice reporting on China and Asia for more than a century. For more SCMP stories, please explore the SCMP app or visit the SCMP's Facebook and Twitter pages. Copyright © 2025 South China Morning Post Publishers Ltd. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 2025. South China Morning Post Publishers Ltd. All rights reserved.
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24-02-2025
- Politics
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China's Xi Jinping and Russia's Vladimir Putin speak by phone on Ukraine war anniversary
Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin by phone on Monday afternoon at the Russian leader's request, according to state broadcaster CCTV. The call, made on the third anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, came amid expectations of a face-to-face meeting between Putin and his US counterpart Donald Trump as early as this month. Their talks could centre around global issues, not just Ukraine, according to the Kremlin. China has said it backs all peace efforts, including Trump's latest bid to strike a deal with Russia to end the war in Ukraine. Do you have questions about the biggest topics and trends from around the world? Get the answers with SCMP Knowledge, our new platform of curated content with explainers, FAQs, analyses and infographics brought to you by our award-winning team. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters on Saturday that Trump was trying to reach a deal to end the war, possibly as early as "this week". Earlier this month, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and National Security Adviser Mike Waltz in Riyadh for the first high-level, face-to-face talks between the two countries since the war began. The two sides agreed to appoint teams to start negotiating an end to the war and fast-track the appointment of new ambassadors. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told Russian state news agency RIA on Saturday that US and Russian diplomats would meet for a second time in a third country at some point this week or next week. He did not specify the country where the meeting would take place. US-Russia ties have thawed quickly since a phone call between Trump and Putin on February 12. During that conversation, Trump called for direct US-Russia talks and an optimistic outlook on the future of bilateral relations. Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Lin Jian said on Monday that China's position on the Ukraine crisis was clear and consistent. "China will always stand firmly on the side of peace, uphold an objective and fair position, and continue to work with the international community to play a constructive role in promoting a political solution to the crisis," Lin said. More to follow... This article originally appeared in the South China Morning Post (SCMP), the most authoritative voice reporting on China and Asia for more than a century. For more SCMP stories, please explore the SCMP app or visit the SCMP's Facebook and Twitter pages. Copyright © 2025 South China Morning Post Publishers Ltd. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 2025. South China Morning Post Publishers Ltd. All rights reserved.
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22-02-2025
- Politics
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Syrian leader Sharaa meets Chinese envoy in first bilateral exchange since fall of Assad
Syria's new President Ahmed al-Sharaa met the Chinese ambassador to Damascus in the first public bilateral engagement since the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad in December, Syrian state media reported on Friday. China, which backed Assad, saw its embassy in Damascus looted after his fall. Syria's new Islamist rulers have also installed some foreign fighters including Uygurs - a mainly Muslim ethnic minority in China that Western rights groups say has been persecuted by Beijing - into the Syrian armed forces. Beijing has denied accusations of abuses against Uygurs. The official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported on Sharaa's meeting with ambassador Shi Hongwei but gave no details of what was discussed. Do you have questions about the biggest topics and trends from around the world? Get the answers with SCMP Knowledge, our new platform of curated content with explainers, FAQs, analyses and infographics brought to you by our award-winning team. The decision to give official roles, some at senior level, to several Islamist militants could alarm foreign governments and Syrian citizens fearful of the new administration's intentions, despite its pledges not to export Islamic revolution and to rule with tolerance for Syria's large minority groups. In 2015, Chinese authorities said many Uygurs who had fled to Turkey via Southeast Asia planned to bring jihad back to China, alleging that some were involved in "terrorism activities". Chinese President Xi Jinping had vowed to support Assad against external interference. He also offered the long-time Syrian leader a rare break from years of international isolation since the start of Syria's civil war in 2011, when he accorded Assad and his wife a warm welcome during a visit to China in 2023. Assad was toppled a year later in a swift offensive by a coalition of rebels headed by the Sharaa-led Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, a former al-Qaeda affiliate, that ended 54 years of Assad family rule. This article originally appeared in the South China Morning Post (SCMP), the most authoritative voice reporting on China and Asia for more than a century. For more SCMP stories, please explore the SCMP app or visit the SCMP's Facebook and Twitter pages. Copyright © 2025 South China Morning Post Publishers Ltd. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 2025. South China Morning Post Publishers Ltd. All rights reserved.
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14-02-2025
- Business
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Beyond 2025: what's next for China tech?
Date and time: Tuesday, February 25, 2025 | 10.30am-11.30am HKT Add to calendar: iOS | Android | Outlook Do you have questions about the biggest topics and trends from around the world? Get the answers with SCMP Knowledge, our new platform of curated content with explainers, FAQs, analyses and infographics brought to you by our award-winning team. The "Made in China 2025" plan has been controversial since the day Beijing made it public. Some pointed fingers at Beijing for employing unfair policies in growing China's preferred industries, while others called the strategy a fool's errand, feeling there was no point seeking industrial progress through "a planned economy mindset". The Chinese government was forced to play down the plan - at least in public - but kept implementing its key policies by encouraging and directing resources into the industries deemed important for the country's future. A decade later, it seems China's efforts have largely paid off. The country has become a formidable player in many strategic industries, from electric vehicles to robotics. A South China Morning Post review of the plan at the end of 2024 found that China had achieved most of its own targets. With China's political leaders set to gather in Beijing in early March to chart the country's economic and industrial future, it is critical to review what China has done right and explore what the country might do in the next decade. This webinar will try to find answers to some of the most important questions about China's industrial and technological future. Our panellists are: Zhou Xin, SCMP Technology Editor (moderator) Jasmine Wang, SCMP Political Economy Editor Stephen Chen, SCMP News Editor, Science Ralph Jennings, SCMP Senior Political Economy Reporter This article originally appeared in the South China Morning Post (SCMP), the most authoritative voice reporting on China and Asia for more than a century. For more SCMP stories, please explore the SCMP app or visit the SCMP's Facebook and Twitter pages. Copyright © 2025 South China Morning Post Publishers Ltd. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 2025. South China Morning Post Publishers Ltd. All rights reserved.
