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It has stepped up aggressive drills that entirely encircle Taiwan since 2022.
An annual Pentagon report on China's military capabilities noted that Beijing has developed higher flexibility and coordination among its military branches and recent drills designed to simulate an attack or a blockade on Taiwan.
The law takes effect in March, and the amendments were designed with the CPTPP in mind.
This is a Trans-Pacific Free Trade Agreement of now 12 countries, which originally also included the U.S., though the U.S.
officially withdrew in 2017 during the first Trump administration.
Now China wants to join the CPTPP, and it's revised some elements of its law on digital trade and intellectual property to meet the group's standards.
It's also beefed up its wording on powers to counteract lawsuits from private and foreign firms.
China's revised its foreign trade law only three times.
The last time was in 2022, when China moved to streamline import and export procedures.
They massively attacked Ukraine.
These new rules up for public comment would ban any AI behaviors that manipulate humans and, quote, harm personal dignity and mental health.
They would also ban gambling behavior, anything that abets crime, broadly speaking, and obtaining sensitive personal information.
They'd also compel AI companies to train their chatbots and datasets that quote, conform to the core socialist values and embody the exceptional traditional culture of the Chinese people.
Strict rules already apply to humans on the internet.
New guidelines published this week by China's Cyberspace Administration forbids influencers, for example, from acting lewd, vulgar, or promoting anti-mainstream values, including encouraging people not to work.
These new rules up for public comment would ban any AI behaviors that manipulate humans and, quote, harm personal dignity and mental health.
They would also ban gambling behavior, anything that abets crime, broadly speaking, and obtaining sensitive personal information.