Archive:China
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Privacy Regulations: EU’s GDPR vs China’s PIPL
Many countries have followed the example of the EU and adopted privacy legislations similar to GDPR, which some observers call another “Brussels effect.” In August 2021, the National People’s Congress of China adopted the Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL), which entered into force November 1, 2021. Essentially, PIPL is quite similar to the GDPR and became another big step towards the government regulation of data handling practices in global cyberspace. This post outlines some of the main similarities and differences between the EU’s GDPR and China’s PIPL.
Categories: 2021, The Gnovis Blog
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The Politics of Manufacturing
A few weeks after the re-election of President Obama, discussions are now turning to the next four years and what can be done to improve the economy. Politicians are focused on the fiscal cliff and
Categories: 2012, The Gnovis Blog
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Plagiarism in Academia: China and the U.S.
In a recently published article, The Chronicle of Higher Education cited a 2010 study by Zinch China, a company that advises American universities in how to court Chinese high school students. Zinc
Categories: 2011, The Gnovis Blog
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Onlookers’ Power: Micro-blog’s Impact in “723 High-Speed Train Crash”
China experienced an uneasy end to July with the “723 high-speed train crash” when two bullet trains derailed and resulted in 40 deaths and more than 200 injured in Wenzhou, struck the heart of the
Categories: 2011, The Gnovis Blog