Explainers, walkthroughs, and conversations about the most impactful issues affecting business relationships in China.
China’s rapid expansion in drone technology is redefining modern warfare. Behind this surge is a tightly integrated network of defense universities, state-owned enterprises, and private tech firms fueling next-generation UAV development—an ecosystem that blurs the line between academic research, state ambition, and military capability.
In this on-demand webinar, ASPI and WireScreen experts reveal how China’s defense universities have become critical engines of drone innovation, examining their deep integration within the country’s military-industrial complex and their role in advancing dual-use technologies.
The U.S. Commerce Department’s new “Affiliates Rule”—also known as the 50% Rule—marks a major expansion of U.S. export controls, extending restrictions to entities owned or controlled by listed parties. This change closes a key loophole long exploited by Chinese firms and reshapes compliance expectations across global trade networks.
Watch this on-demand webinar with WireScreen experts Larry Sussman and Peter James to understand what the rule means for your organization—and how corporate intelligence helps reveal hidden ownership, affiliates, and risks buried deep within complex networks.
U.S. export controls are becoming an increasingly critical major factor in the global AI race. Learn how we got here, why these restrictions are so impactful, and how they’re likely to evolve as the affected companies learn to adapt.
At the AI + Expo, WireScreen's CEO David Barboza moderates a panel with CSIS's Gregory Allen and Nazak Nikakhtar, partner at Wiley Rein and former U.S. Department of Commerce Assistant Secretary.
China has established itself as the world’s dominant refiner of critical minerals—materials essential to industries such as defense, aerospace, and semiconductor manufacturing. This concentration of control has become a flashpoint in the geopolitical competition shaping global supply chains.
Watch this on-demand webinar with experts from Silverado Policy Accelerator and WireScreen to explore how Chinese firms have consolidated control over global refining and how corporate intelligence reveals hidden ties to the CCP, China’s defense industrial base, and sanctioned entities.
China’s Party-State exerts deep influence across its private sector—often in ways that blur the lines between commercial and political power. As Beijing’s economic objectives increasingly challenge Western interests, identifying the mechanisms of Party control has become critical to assessing risk.
Join WireScreen experts Larry Sussman and Peter James in this on-demand webinar to learn how corporate intelligence can uncover hidden Party-State influence, helping compliance and investigative teams recognize political affiliations and assess exposure.
The global fentanyl crisis is fueled not only by traffickers and distributors—but by a complex, concealed network of China-based chemical manufacturers producing the precursor substances that sustain this deadly trade. Understanding and exposing these networks requires visibility that bridges both the corporate and digital domains.
Watch this on-demand, government-only webinar with WireScreen and SpyCloud experts to see how combining corporate ownership data with digital identity and darknet intelligence can uncover the hidden actors behind fentanyl precursor production and reveal the networks enabling global trafficking.
For decades, Variable Interest Entities (VIEs) have served as a legal workaround to China’s restrictions on foreign ownership in sensitive sectors such as technology, media, and education. These complex arrangements allow investors to gain exposure to Chinese companies—often without direct equity control—creating both opportunity and significant compliance risk.
Watch this concise, on-demand discussion with WireScreen experts Larry Sussman, Pete James, and Nate Sullivan to understand how VIEs operate, where they’re most commonly used, and what they mean for investors, regulators, and compliance teams navigating China’s evolving corporate landscape.
Criminal organizations are rapidly adapting their tactics to evade enforcement and regulatory action, even as global efforts to dismantle fentanyl networks intensify. Yet China-based suppliers of precursor chemicals and essential equipment remain central to the global drug trade—continuing to evolve and conceal their operations within legitimate markets.
Watch this government-only, on-demand webinar with WireScreen’s Peter James and TRM Labs’ Patrick Shortis to learn how blockchain intelligence and corporate data can expose hidden networks, uncover financial and operational linkages, and empower law enforcement and policymakers to stay ahead of this fast-evolving illicit ecosystem.
China’s rapidly expanding ecosystem of hackers-for-hire has become a powerful enabler of state-sponsored cyber operations targeting U.S. and allied infrastructure. These commercial cybersecurity firms—many with documented ties to China’s Ministry of State Security (MSS)—operate at the intersection of private enterprise and state direction, forming a critical component of China’s cyber apparatus.
Watch this government-only webinar with experts from DarkOwl and WireScreen to learn how dark web intelligence and corporate data can uncover hidden networks supporting China’s contract-hacking ecosystem—helping investigators and policymakers identify emerging threats and strengthen cyber defense strategies.
As legislation and regulations increasingly reference entities “headquartered in China,” the question arises—what does that actually mean in today’s world of globally distributed operations and complex ownership structures? Determining where a company is truly headquartered is no longer straightforward, especially when corporate control and decision-making span multiple jurisdictions.
Watch this concise, on-demand discussion with WireScreen experts Larry Sussman, Pete James, and Nate Sullivan as they unpack the challenges of identifying Chinese-controlled entities, explore the implications for compliance and due diligence, and highlight data-driven approaches to resolving ambiguity in global corporate networks.
As sanctions continue to isolate Russia’s financial system, the country has deepened its economic ties with China—driving a surge in cross-border trade and cryptocurrency transactions designed to bypass traditional banking channels. This evolving digital payment ecosystem is reshaping how sanctioned entities move funds, conceal relationships, and sustain wartime economies.
Watch this government-only webinar with experts from TRM Labs and WireScreen to learn how blockchain analytics and corporate data can expose hidden trade and payment networks, uncover new investigative leads, and reveal the mechanisms enabling China’s financial support to Russia.
In the three years since the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) became law, U.S. Customs and Border Protection enforcement has expanded rapidly—nearly doubling the list of restricted entities within the past seven months. This acceleration underscores the growing focus on forced labor risk and supply-chain transparency across global industries.
Watch this on-demand WireScreen webinar to understand how UFLPA enforcement has evolved, what compliance looks like today, and what future trends may mean for businesses as regulators and importers adapt to expanding restrictions.
Proposed rule changes to U.S. export controls targeting military-linked entities in China signal a major shift in compliance and due diligence expectations.
Watch this on-demand webinar with WireScreen experts to learn how to identify military, intelligence, and foreign-security end users and prepare your organization for evolving export control regulations.
The U.S. Commerce Department’s Entity List has become a powerful instrument in efforts to counter China’s military and technological ambitions. Yet as controls tighten, sanctioned organizations are developing increasingly sophisticated methods to evade them.
Watch this on-demand WireScreen webinar to see how corporate data analysis can uncover hidden ownership, affiliate structures, and intermediary entities—helping investigators and compliance teams detect evasion risks before they spread.
