Invited by Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC), FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr paid a three-day visit to Taiwan, during which time he discussed cybersecurity and telecoms with Taiwan officials. This is the first time that an FCC Commissioner has visited Taiwan.

In a speech yesterday at the Singapore International Cyber Week Summit, Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, warned about the general threat China poses in cybersecurity, as well as the risks of using Chinese tech products.

China's internet watchdog is trying to revise the 2016 Cybersecurity Law to raise the level of penalties for violations of provisions related to network protection, key equipment and products.

As China's new rules on data exports take effect today, some data will need to pass an official assessment in order to be transferred abroad. To assist the implementation, the Chinese internet watchdog released more information to help companies navigate through the  procedure.

In recent weeks, Australian Senator James Paterson has pressed Chinese ride sharing company Didi on its privacy policies as they relate to Australian customers.

On August 26, Chinese and U.S. regulators announced that they signed an agreement on audit supervision cooperation. Officials on both sides made public comments offering their perspective on what was in the deal. Whether the deal will avert the delisting of over 200 Chinese companies on U.S. stock

China's cybersecurity agency recently published a list of algorithms from a number of prominent internet companies. This is part of the implementation of the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) measures governing algorithms of internet service providers.