Educational Qualifications

2018
PhD (Comparative Takeover Regulation & Path Dependency Theory), University Sussex

2012
EMLE (Law & Economics), University of Hamburg, University of Bologna, and University of Haifa

2008
MPhil (Law & History), Renmin University of China

2006
LLB (Civil & Commercial Law), Southwestern University of Political Science and Law

Academic and Professional Experience

2024 – Present
Senior Lecturer, School of Law, Singapore University of Social Sciences

2024 – Present
Visiting Researcher, EW Barker Centre for Law & Business, NUS Faculty of Law

2022 – 2024
Associate Research Fellow, Institute for International Affairs, Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen)

2022 – 2024
Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, EW Barker Centre for Law & Business, NUS Faculty of Law

2020 – 2022
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore

2019 – 2020
Yong Pung How Research Fellow, School of Law, Singapore Management University

2017 – 2019
Post-Doctoral Researcher, The Buchmann Faculty of Law, Tel Aviv University

2017 – 2019
Foreign Legal Consultant, ZAG-S&W Law Firm, Israel

2010 – 2011
Junior Academic Visitor, Faculty of Law, University of Oxford

Selected Publications

Books
  1. China's Personal Information Protection Law and Its Global Implications, Routledge, forthcoming 2025
Journal Articles
  1.  Reconcile National Security Review with Takeover Regulation in the Global M&A Market, Journal of Business Law, Issue 6, 2024, pp. 535 – 557 (& Umakanth Varottil)
  2. A New Development of Fiduciary Duties for Financial Advisors in Hong Kong, Law Science, Volume 2, Issue 1, 2023, pp. 243 – 262
  3. Half A Loaf is Better Than None: The New Data Protection Regime for China's Platform Economy, Computer Law & Security Review, Volume 39, Issue 6, 2020, pp. 1 – 21
  4. Equal Treatment of Shareholders under the Dual Class Share Structure: Recent Updates of the Takeover Code in SingaporeThe Company Lawyer, Volume 41, Issue 2, 2020, pp. 59 – 61
  5. Law and Policy of Platform Economy in ChinaComputer Law & Security Review, Volume 39, Issue 6, 2020, pp. 1 – 21
  6. Disruptive Digital Economy, Innovative Regulatory Responses and Transformative Network Effects, European Business Law Review, Volume 31, Issue 4, 2020, pp. 725 – 762 (& Qingxiu Bu)
  7. Recent Development of FinTech Regulation in China: A Focus on the New Regulatory Regime for the P2P Lending (Loan-based Crowdfunding) MarketCapital Markets Law Journal, Volume 13, Issue 1, 2018, pp.85 – 115
  8. The Proper Purpose Rule and the Exercise of Directors' Power in the Context of a Takeover BattleBusiness Law Review, Volume 38, Issue 1, 2017, pp. 2 – 8
  9. Regulating Food Safety: A Lesson from EU Law and Practice (食品安全的法律保护机制——欧盟经验借鉴), Global Food Industry Information (中外食品), Volume 2, 2010, pp. 36 – 44 (in Chinese) (& Donal Casey and James Lawless)
  10. Democracy in European Union: A Study on Lisbon Treaty Referendum in Ireland (欧盟的民主与一个民族国家的主权伤痛), Gansu Theory Research (甘肃理论学刊), Volume 5, 2010, pp. 133 – 141 (in Chinese) (& Gavin Barrett and Hongying Wang)
Short papers
  1. Reconciling the Principle of Equal Treatment of Shareholders with Dual Class Share Structures in Singapore, The Oxford Business Law Blog (OBLB), February 2022 (Blog Post) (& Hans Tijo) 
  2. Reinventing Bankruptcy Law by Virginia Torrie, Singapore Journal of Legal Studies, September 2021 (Book Review)
  3. Electronic Commerce Law of China. Doing Business in Israel, January 2019 (Blog post) (& Tehila Levi-Lati)
Book Chapters
  1. 1840 年至 1900 年间中国教会管理研究——传教条款与教会政策的视角 (Law, Politics and Religion: Christian Mission under the Sino-Foreign Treaties between 1840 – 1900), In: Yujun Feng (ed). 行动中的中国宗教法治》(Chinese Religious Rule of Law in Action), China Legal Publishing House, 2017
  2. 传统中国司法与法律思想 (Judicial System and Legal Theories in Ancient China), In: China Law Association (ed). 《中国法律年鉴》 (Law Yearbook of China), China Law Yearbook Press, 2007 (& Xiaohong Ma)
Translations (English to Chinese)
  1. 《我们,机器人?人工智能监管及其法律局限性》, 北京大学出版社 (Peking University Press), 2024 (Simon Chesterman, We, The Robots? Regulating Artificial Intelligence and the Limits of the Law (Cambridge University Press 2021)
  2. 《在翻译中遗失? 简评中国公司法中的移植体》, 中国大百科全书出版社 (China Encyclopedia Publishing House), 2017 (Donald C. Clarke, Lost in Translation? Corporate Legal Transplants in China, 2006)
  3. 《乱花渐欲迷人眼:总评公司治理当前理论热点与未来研究方向》, 法律出版社 (China Law Press), 2013 (Lucian A. Bebchuk & Michael S. Weisbach, The State of Corporate Governance Research, 2010)
Selective Conference Presentations
  1. Rationalizing China’s (Counter-) Sanction Law and Policy, 12th Society of International Economic Law (PEPA/SIEL) Conference, Asian Academy of International Law, 3 – 4 July 2024
  2. Law and Policy of China’s AI Governance, NUS Law Faculty Seminar, 8 September 2023
  3. National Security Screening in Cross-Border M&A: The End of Takeover Regulation? NUS Law Faculty Research Workshops, 09 March 2022 (& Umakanth Varottil)
  4. Data Protection in China: A sui generis model or a GDPR/PDPA variant? NUS Law Faculty Research Workshops, 20 October 2021
  5. A New Governance Model for Digital Economy: The Anatomy of E-Commerce Law in China, Emerging Technologies Towards Sustainable Development, Brunswick European Law School (BELS), 28-29 November 2019
  6. Communism Problems, Capitalism Solutions: Reforming China’s SOEs via Private Equity Scheme, IGLP (Institute for Global Law and Policy) Conference, Harvard Law School, Boston, 2-3 June 2018
  7. A Comparative Study of Recent Development of FinTech Regulations in China. The 6th Annual Conference of the American Society of Comparative Law, American Society of Comparative Law and Koç University, 28 – 29 April 2017
Media Coverage
  1. CNA TV Interview, Insight 2023/2024 - China’s AI Evolution, 30 November 2023
  2. South China Morning Post, China eyes at least 50 sets of AI standards by 2026, from chips to applications and safety, 2 July 2024
  3. Bloomberg, OpenAI’s China Block to Reshape AI Scene as Big Players Pounce, 26 June 2024
  4. Bloomberg, Beijing Tries to Regulate China’s AI Sector Without Crushing It, 15 August 2023
  5. 《参考消息》, 外媒述评:中国人工智能监管“起步很快”, 16 August 2023
  6. Bloomberg, China Takes Friendlier Approach to AI in Finalized Guidelines, 13 July 2023
  7. South China Morning Post, Chinese online brokerage tests first AI chatbot for stock trading as it talks to regulators about compliance, 2 May 2023
  8. South China Morning Post, China’s leadership wants to embrace AI advances but also control risks, as ChatGPT shocks with power and popularity, 29 April 2023
  9. 《参考消息》, 中国拟订生成式AI管理办法, 13 April 2023
  10. Wall Street Journal, China Lays Out Strict Rules for ChatGPT-Like AI Tools (China Moves to Censor AI), 11 April 2023

 

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