Foreign investment in the US TMT sector requires careful navigation due to national security reviews, ownership limitations and export restrictions. Here is what Chinese investors need to know before planning their acquisitions

How MOFCOM deals with existing VIEs and interprets control, and the sectors that will be put on the negative list, will determine the consequences and prospects for both present and future foreign investors

including excerpts of the Explanation of the PRC Foreign Investment Law (Draft for Comments) on VIEs

MOFCOM has clarified case name requirements for anti-monopoly filings and SAT has imposed tax on indirect transfers of Chinese property by non-tax-resident enterprises

This week the fight against internet copyright piracy was discussed, Guangdong saw the first successful case against administrative monopoly and an AIM-listed Chinese shoemaker's bosses went off the radar

This week the Qualcomm case spurred ZTE and Huawei to collect patent royalties from smaller players, China's leading taxi-hailing apps planned to merge and the diminishing role of investment banks in large outbound acquisitions was analysed

International and Chinese law firms are now allowed to offer joint services through a single office and exchange lawyers in the Shanghai FTZ. Foreign lawyers have praised the development as it finally provides a channel to practise PRC law

International and Chinese law firms are now allowed to offer joint services through a single office and exchange lawyers in the Shanghai FTZ. Foreign lawyers have praised the development as it finally provides a channel to practise PRC law

Parallel import of motor vehicles allowed in the Shanghai Free Trade Zone.