'Strengthening openness' and at the same time 'protecting sovereignty, national security and development interests'. With these stated objectives, a new regulation on foreign (outbound) investments comes into force in China, amidst ongoing competition with Washington. The Asian

Beijing’s ‘milestone’ mandate seen authorising retaliatory responses to trade barriers while restricting research leaks.

China is intensifying its scrutiny of investments overseas with broad "national security" regulations taking effect from Wednesday, at a time of rising tech competition with…