Commentary China just enacted a broad extraterritorial law against anyone who aids in sanctions against China, including Chinese nationals and China’s “private” companies. China’s new counter-sanctions, announced June 11, include the ability to seek compensation from foreign companies doing business in China. They are leveled at “discrimination” against Chinese nationals, and could apply against “organizations,” which is such broad wording as to include not only companies, but governments. The law is broad enough to underpin sanctions against immigration or science restrictions on Chinese nationals who seek to emigrate or study science abroad. Given the likely persistence of democratic sanctions against China, its new laws will make it increasingly difficult for foreign companies to do business in the country, which will increase pressures for wealthy democracies to decouple from China, and will force other countries to decide between doing business with China, or doing business with an alliance of democracies, including …