China

Lawfare’s bi-weekly roundup of China-U.S. technology law and policy news.

China’s evolving approach to lethal autonomous weapons systems takes the global stage at the U.N.’s Governmental Group of Experts.

The potentially destabilizing effects of lifelong rule in China almost certainly outweigh the short-term benefits. The only guaranteed outcome of the elimination of constitutional term limits for the presidency is a period of deep geopolitical and ideological instability once succession politics come into play.

Three constitutional amendments about to be adopted in China will expand Xi’s already fearsome powers over his countrymen and potentially extend his dictatorship into the indefinite future.