China’s Ministry of State Security (MSS) published two new regulations regarding procedures for law enforcement and processing of criminal cases on 26 April. Both regulations have the force of law and will go into effect on 1 July 2024.
China’s increasingly assertive behavior in the South China Sea prompted the US to deploy more advanced weapons systems to the Philippines and conduct high-profile military exercises with Indo-Pacific allies and partners.
A Chinese ex-Google software engineer, Linwei Ding, has been arrested for allegedly stealing over 500 sensitive files containing Intellectual Property (IP) about the company’s cutting-edge Machine Learning (ML) platform and the (AI) models it supports.