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New policy paper by Guy Duport proposes safeguards for frontier AI and nuclear-relevant systems, with an emphasis on human control and independent evaluation. Available in English, French and Simplified Chinese.

CCIB Issue 10 examines China's nationwide cash-pooling rollout, treasury eligibility, financing limits and the distinction between group liquidity and a counterparty's ability to pay.

New CCIB analysis examines how China's State Council Decree 841 turns personnel mobility, key-person exit exposure and intermediary compliance into practical transaction risks ahead of its 15 September 2026 effective date.

The latest China Commercial Intelligence Brief examines the rebuilt U.S. tariff structure, China's strategic-mineral enforcement regime and the managed extension of China Vanke's 2026 debt obligations.

Latest free China Commercial Intelligence Brief Weekly Digest assesses the approaching expiry of the US Section 122 surcharge, uncertainty surrounding successor tariffs, and the growing personnel and compliance risks arising from China's strategic

Ascendancy Advisors Limited has released Issue 6 of the China Commercial Intelligence Brief, analysing State Council Decree 837, China's Foreign Investment Action Plan, and the emerging logic of China's selectively controlled capital account.

Ascendancy Advisors Limited has released a free Special Edition of its China Commercial Intelligence Brief examining China-linked air and maritime coercion across the Pacific and Indian Ocean theatres.

AAL launches CCIB for companies, advisers and investors exposed to China-linked commercial, regulatory and transaction risk.