Officials from the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) recently said that the agency will launch a cybersecurity review on China's largest online academic database CNKI.

Six Republican Senators sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen regarding the Biden Administration’s "delayed plan to combat national security risks associated with TikTok, a social media platform owned by Chinese company ByteDance."

Recent news reports indicate that Kenya's partnership with Huawei is moving ahead with the development of a 5G network.

A Chinese Vice Minister recently said that there is huge potential for trade between BRICS countries, and one important tool is to negotiate free trade agreements.

Two U.S. Senators have called for the Commerce Department to self-initiate anti-dumping/countervailing duty investigations on Chinese masks and medical equipment.

In a speech at the University of Technology Sydney on June 24, Chinese Ambassador to Australia Xiao Qian offered remarks and took questions on the China-Australia relationship. Overall, the tone of the remarks and the dialogue was positive, and could indicate that improvements in China-Australian relations are possible.

This past week, CTM covered the following issues: * Chinese IP law developments, Chinese IP rulings, a Ministry response to Secretary Blinken's speech, local government subsidies, a draft standard on privacy agreements, and fruit imports from Myanmar. * Enforcement of a new U.S. law on forced labor, Katherine Tai&