Cybersecurity
China Adopts Cybersecurity Law Despite Foreign Opposition
- Law takes effect in 2017 and imposes certification requirement
- Foreign tech firms worry it will shut them out of the market
BERLIN, GERMANY - JANUARY 29: Symbolic photo for data protection, reflection of the flag of China in a computer hard drive on January 29, 2015 in Berlin, Germany.
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China has green-lit a sweeping and controversial law that may grant Beijing unprecedented access to foreign companies’ technology and hamstring their operations in the world’s second-largest economy.