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Abbreviations |
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Acknowledgements |
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Introduction |
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1 | (15) |
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1 The evolving characteristics of the foreign investment legal regime in China |
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16 | (30) |
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1.1 The five periods of development |
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16 | (15) |
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1.2 The legal panorama of foreign investment |
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31 | (6) |
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1.3 Key features of the 2019 FIL |
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37 | (7) |
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44 | (2) |
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2 Market access and national treatment |
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46 | (27) |
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2.1 Market access: Relaxation and limitations |
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46 | (12) |
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2.2 The negative list approach |
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58 | (7) |
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2.3 National treatment post-establishment in the FIL |
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65 | (6) |
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71 | (2) |
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3 Foreign mergers and acquisitions of Chinese enterprises |
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73 | (29) |
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3.1 The status quo of foreign takeovers in China |
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73 | (2) |
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3.2 Foreign takeovers of non-listed companies |
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75 | (8) |
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3.3 Foreign investment in listed companies |
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83 | (7) |
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3.4 Foreign complaints about the Chinese M&A market |
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90 | (10) |
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100 | (2) |
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4 National security review of foreign investment |
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102 | (18) |
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4.1 The legal framework relating to national security |
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102 | (5) |
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4.2 The evolutional trajectory of national security review of foreign investment |
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107 | (3) |
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4.3 The substantive and procedural review regime |
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110 | (5) |
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4.4 Potential improvement in the national security review of foreign investment |
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115 | (4) |
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119 | (1) |
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5 Protection of foreign investors' intellectual property |
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120 | (31) |
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5.1 The legal framework of intellectual property rights |
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120 | (16) |
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5.2 Forced transfer of technology |
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136 | (11) |
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5.3 Protection of commercial secrets |
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147 | (3) |
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150 | (1) |
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6 Dispute settlement: Foreign-related arbitration |
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151 | (31) |
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6.1 The dynamics of law on foreign-related arbitration |
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151 | (3) |
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6.2 Internationalization of arbitration institutions |
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154 | (6) |
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6.3 Ambiguity and trend on foreign arbitration institutions in China |
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160 | (7) |
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6.4 Changing policies on foreign arbitration institutions |
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167 | (2) |
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6.5 Experimentation on interim measures by courts |
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169 | (2) |
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6.6 New developments on judicial review |
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171 | (10) |
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181 | (1) |
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7 Dispute settlement: Investor-state arbitration |
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182 | (21) |
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7.1 China as a respondent |
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182 | (5) |
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7.2 Interpretation of `the amount of compensation for expropriation' |
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187 | (6) |
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7.3 Exhaustion of local remedies |
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193 | (2) |
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7.4 Selection of arbitration institutions |
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195 | (2) |
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7.5 Enforcement of arbitral awards |
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197 | (3) |
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7.6 China's position on ISDS reform |
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200 | (1) |
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201 | (2) |
Index |
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