China adopts cybersecurity law despite foreign opposition
Law grants Beijing access to foreign firms' technology and may hamper their operations
Beijing
CHINA has approved 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.
The Cyber Security Law was passed by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, China's top legislature, and will take effect in June, government officials said on Monday. Among other things, it requires Internet operators to cooperate with investigations involving crime and national security, and imposes mandatory testing and certification of computer equipment. Companies must also give government investigators full access to their data if wrong-doing is suspected.
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