https://www.scmp.com/rss/505869/feed Angela Huyue Zhang, professor of law at the University of Southern California, is the author of High Wire: How China Regulates Big Tech and Governs Its Economy, and Chinese Antitrust Exceptionalism: How the Rise of China Challenges Global Regulation. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Angela Huyue Zhang Angela Huyue Zhang After four extensions of the statutory deadline to ban TikTok or force its Chinese owners to divest, US President Donald Trump has now signed an executive order transferring the app to US ownership. The announcement follows years of diplomatic sparring, bureaucratic manoeuvring, repeated efforts by federal and state governments to curtail the platform and even a ruling from the US Supreme Court. Has the fate of America’s most viral social media app finally been decided? Those expecting closure... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3327128/why-trumps-tiktok-deal-will-be-music-chinas-ears?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3327128/why-trumps-tiktok-deal-will-be-music-chinas-ears?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 28 Sep 2025 05:09:35 +0000 Angela Huyue Zhang,S. Alex Yang Angela Huyue Zhang,S. Alex Yang The White House announced on Monday that the United States and China will temporarily suspend or lift the import tariffs they imposed on each other in April, pending further negotiations on a trade agreement. But while the announcement offers long-awaited relief to businesses and has boosted market confidence, investors would be wise to curb their enthusiasm. Taking cues from his background in business, US President Donald Trump uses tariffs as a bargaining chip, seemingly convinced that... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3310103/why-us-china-trade-ceasefire-wont-save-christmas?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3310103/why-us-china-trade-ceasefire-wont-save-christmas?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 13 May 2025 10:30:08 +0000 Nationalism has emerged as a potent force shaping global tech policy, nowhere more so than in the United States. With Donald Trump returning to the White House for a second term, his vision for America’s technological future is coming into sharper focus. At home, Trump promises a sweeping deregulatory agenda coupled with industrial policy aimed at boosting domestic tech businesses. Abroad, his administration appears poised to double down on aggressive restrictions aimed at keeping American... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3289087/us-tech-blind-spot-risks-harming-countrys-competitiveness?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3289087/us-tech-blind-spot-risks-harming-countrys-competitiveness?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 03 Dec 2024 21:30:07 +0000 In August 2019, amid an escalating trade war with China, then-US president Donald Trump fired off a series of tweets directing American companies to “immediately start looking for an alternative to China” and shift their manufacturing back to the United States. The demand sent stock markets into a tailspin and alarmed US businesses with exposure to China. While Trump ultimately softened his stance, the threat underscored a disturbing reality that the world must face now that he is returning to... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3285533/extreme-anti-china-measures-under-trump-would-widen-us-democratic-deficit?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3285533/extreme-anti-china-measures-under-trump-would-widen-us-democratic-deficit?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 07 Nov 2024 08:30:07 +0000 If a Chinese tech firm wants to venture into generative artificial intelligence, it is bound to face significant hurdles arising from stringent government control, at least according to popular perceptions. China was, after all, among the first countries to introduce legislation regulating the technology. But a closer look at the so-called interim measures on AI indicates that far from hampering the industry, China’s government is actively seeking to bolster it. This should not be surprising.... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3236727/expect-chinas-regulators-help-ai-firms-race-against-us-european-peers?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3236727/expect-chinas-regulators-help-ai-firms-race-against-us-european-peers?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 04 Oct 2023 13:30:07 +0000 Following a deadly fire in a residential building in China’s Xinjiang region – which many blame on Covid-19 lockdowns – Chinese protesters have taken to the streets to demand an end to stringent pandemic restrictions. Even before the protests erupted, there were signs that President Xi Jinping’s administration was preparing to roll back the costly zero-Covid policy, though the exact timeline remains uncertain. But this process will be more complicated than many seem to realise. China’s exit from... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3201356/chinas-economic-opening-provides-blueprint-its-exit-zero-covid?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3201356/chinas-economic-opening-provides-blueprint-its-exit-zero-covid?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 29 Nov 2022 14:00:09 +0000 The US Commerce Department recently announced a measure that will ban Chinese telecoms giant Huawei and its suppliers from using US-made machinery and software to design or produce chips without obtaining a US licence. Many in China perceive this move as aimed at strangling Huawei to maintain American technological hegemony. The Global Times, a Chinese newspaper that channels the views of hardliners within the government, said “China will take forceful countermeasures”, such as putting US... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3086070/should-china-wield-antitrust-laws-counter-us-attacks-huawei-amid?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3086070/should-china-wield-antitrust-laws-counter-us-attacks-huawei-amid?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 26 May 2020 14:30:10 +0000 A flurry of complaints have been filed against China in US federal courts seeking enormous damages caused by China’s mishandling of the coronavirus outbreak. These include class actions filed on behalf of individuals and businesses from at least five different states, as well as a lawsuit by the state attorney general from Missouri, while Mississippi has also said it will file a case. Plaintiffs from other countries are following suit. China has slammed this spontaneous order of litigations as... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3083504/coronavirus-related-us-lawsuits-against-china-risk-further?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3083504/coronavirus-related-us-lawsuits-against-china-risk-further?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 10 May 2020 17:00:14 +0000