As China moves to strict regulatory rules on bitcoin, Chinese courts are finding bitcoin-related contracts and transactions illegal. This posts summarizes some of the court rulings and related legal bases for these decisions.

According to China's Customs agency, China is suspending imports of poultry products from Slovenia and cloven hoofed animal products from Palestine, citing sanitary concerns.

On January 5, China's State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) issued 13 administrative decisions to fine tech companies, including Tencent and Alibaba, for violating anti-monopoly laws by not declaring a merger or acquisition.

In a recent IP dispute, China’s Tianjin Binhai People’s Court ruled that American company Apple was responsible for unauthorized content published by third-party apps in the App Store. As a result, Apple was fined 12 million yuan (USD 1.9 million), according to a report [http://www.cs.

On October 8, China’s State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) issued an administrative decision [http://www.samr.gov.cn/xw/zj/202110/t20211008_335364.html] (link in Chinese) relating to certain anti-competitive practices by Meituan, a leading online food delivery company. The investigation started in April 2021 and resulted

China’s Customs agency recently announced that it would suspend imports of some beef products from the United Kingdom and Mongolia, as well as some pork products from Haiti, due to sanitary concerns. All three documents were issued on September 29 and took effect immediately. According to one announcement [http:

On July 10, China’s State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) issued a decision [http://www.samr.gov.cn/fldj/tzgg/ftjpz/202107/t20210708_332421.html] to block the anti-monopoly declaration for a $5.3 billion [https://www.reuters.com/world/china/chinese-live-streaming-firm-douyu-terminates-merger-deal-with-huya-2021-07-12/] merger filed by Huya and Douyu, both