Governing Fragmentation
Jurisdictional Competition and China’s Counter-Extraterritoriality Framework
- Wu, Shaoyuan
Global AI Governance and Policy Research Center, EPINOVA LLC
https://orcid.org/0009-0008-0660-8232
Description
This policy brief examines China’s counter-extraterritoriality framework as a structured response to unilateral extraterritorial enforcement and as a signal of wider jurisdictional fragmentation. It argues that jurisdiction is becoming a system-level domain of strategic competition, transforming compliance into a strategic problem for firms, financial institutions, and governance systems.
Abstract
China’s Regulation on Countering Unjustified Extraterritorial Jurisdiction marks an escalation in the global contest over legal authority by institutionalizing mechanisms to identify, prohibit, and counter unjustified foreign legal measures. The brief argues that jurisdiction is no longer embedded in a convergent legal order but is emerging as a domain of strategic competition in which states assert, contest, and deny legal authority as an instrument of power. The immediate consequence is fragmentation of global compliance, as firms and financial institutions face increasingly incompatible legal obligations across jurisdictions. These pressures spill over into financial systems, trade networks, platform ecosystems, and cross-border data governance. The brief concludes that fragmentation is not a temporary disruption but a structural feature of an emerging international order defined by competing legal sovereignties and regime coexistence without a central arbiter.
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Keywords
- Jurisdictional competition
- Counter-extraterritoriality
- China
- Extraterritorial jurisdiction
- Blocking measures
- Compliance fragmentation
- Legal fragmentation
- Regime complex
- Global governance
- Sovereignty
- Legal authority
- Non-kinetic competition
- Regulatory confrontation
- Sanctions
- Financial systems
- Trade networks
- Data governance
- Platform ecosystems
- Cross-domain spillover
- Strategic competition
- EPINOVA
Subjects
- International law
- Global governance
- China policy
- Extraterritoriality
- Legal sovereignty
- Sanctions and countermeasures
- Compliance risk
- Financial governance
- Trade governance
- Data governance
- Regulatory fragmentation
- Strategic studies
- International political economy
- Technology governance
- Geoeconomics
Recommended citation
Wu, Shaoyuan (2026), Governing Fragmentation: Jurisdictional Competition and China’s Counter-Extraterritoriality Framework, Policy Brief No. EPINOVA–2026–PB–30, Global AI Governance and Policy Research Center, EPINOVA LLC, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19560359. DOI: To be assigned after Crossref membership approval.
APA citation
Wu, S. (2026). Governing fragmentation: Jurisdictional competition and China’s counter-extraterritoriality framework (Policy Brief No. EPINOVA–2026–PB–30). Global AI Governance and Policy Research Center, EPINOVA LLC. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19560359. DOI: To be assigned after Crossref membership approval.
Alternate identifiers
| Scheme | Identifier | Description |
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| DOI | 10.5281/zenodo.19560359 | Zenodo/DataCite DOI stated in the PDF recommended citation |
| DOI | 10.5281/ZENODO.19560359 | Uppercase DOI form from early ORCID-derived metadata record retained for reconciliation |
| ORCID put-code | 211588567 | ORCID Public API record identifier from early metadata |
| EPINOVA policy brief number | EPINOVA–2026–PB–30 | Policy brief number printed in the PDF |
| File name | Governing Fragmentation Jurisdictional Competition and China’s Counter-Extraterritoriality Framework.pdf | Source PDF file name |
| Short title | Governing Fragmentation | Short form of the policy brief title |
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