Trade Secrets and Criminal Punishments

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一位知名中国商界领袖最近公开表示，她的公司不聘用任何从海外归来的中国毕业生或专业人士，以避免被外国间谍渗透。此言遭到广泛批评。虽然这位商界领袖的招聘方式颇为极端，但她对商业秘密可能泄露的担忧却值得关注。中国有关部门发布的一套新规则有助于缓解这些担忧，因为该套规则明确指出为外国实体窃取商业秘密的个人将受严厉的刑事处罚。Read more

Trade Secrets and Criminal Punishments

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Images: Mohamed Hassan, Handcuffed to a Dollar;
Linnaea Mallette, Spring Flowers Lightbulb Art (Publicdomainpictures.net)

A well-known Chinese business leader recently stated openly that her company does not hire any Chinese graduates or professionals returning from overseas to avoid potential infiltration by spies working for foreign entities. This remark has been widely criticized. While the business leader’s recruitment approach is quite extreme, her underlying concerns about potential loss of trade secrets are noteworthy. A new set of rules issued by Chinese authorities helps address these concerns by elucidating how individuals stealing trade secrets for foreign entities can be subject to severe criminal punishments.Read more

Law, Order, and China’s Global Leadership

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中国为修订其“小刑法”而做出的努力得到了赞扬，因为最新的修订草案反映了当局对公众意见的积极回应。如果该法引起广泛关注的关键条款最终能够得到明确改进，中国将能获得更多来自联合国——其刚刚完成了对中国人权记录的第四轮普遍定期审议——的支持。过去十年，中国通过联合国增强了对其他成员国的影响力。因此，联合国强而有力的支持，对中国在日益充满争议的世界中发展其全球领导力是至关重要的。Read more

Law, Order, and China’s Global Leadership

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China’s ongoing effort to amend its “mini-criminal law” has drawn praises because the latest draft amendment reflects the authorities’ positive responses to public comments. If key provisions that have aroused widespread concerns can be ultimately improved with clarity, China will be able to gain more support from the United Nations, which just completed its fourth-cycle Universal Periodic Review of China’s human rights record. Strong support from the United Nations—through which China has increased its influence with other member states in the past decade—is crucial to China’s development of its global leadership in an increasingly contentious world.Read more