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ASEAN and China will find South China Sea code elusive

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ASEAN/CHINA

Foreign ministers of the ten ASEAN countries and China have endorsed a single draft negotiating text (SDNT) regarding a Code of Conduct (CoC) for the South China Sea. The South…

Weak economy prompts foreign outreach in Mongolia

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MONGOLIA

GDP growth has slowed from a peak of 17.5% in 2011 to around 7.0% last year. Foreign investment, which has driven growth, has fallen steeply and external conditions have weakened…

Beijing acts to control AI-generated content

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CHINA

This refers to the use of algorithms, deep learning, virtual reality and other artificial intelligence (AI) applications to generate or alter content such as text, images, audio…

ASEAN will proclaim limited trade progress at summit

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ASEAN

The meeting comes against the backdrop of a diplomatic spat between Vietnam, Cambodia and Singapore over Vietnam’s 1978 military incursion into Cambodia. South-east Asian leaders…

China’s Export Control Law enables trade retaliation

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CHINA

It establishes a comprehensive framework for restricting export of military and dual-use products and technologies on national security grounds or for public policy reasons. It…

South China Sea tensions will intensify in 2020

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CHINA

South China Sea dispute.

Technical standards firm up China's AI priorities

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CHINA

In regulatory terms, this standard intends to implement a key provision in the formal GenAI regulations published in July, which impose a range of obligations on AI developers…

China's AI law would focus on industry applications

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CHINA

This document has no legal effect or impact, but nevertheless provides a significant window into the likely focus of China’s eventual AI law -- the first draft of which is…

Global biodiversity deal showcases Chinese diplomacy

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CHINA

The stakes were high: the world faces a biodiversity crisis and previous decadal targets were all missed. There was a high risk that negotiations would collapse due to deep…

ASEAN and China have far to go to agree key sea code

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ASEAN/CHINA

Negotiations over a Code of Conduct for the South China Sea.