National People’s Congress News

China’s Draft Cyber Security Law Worries Multinationals, Internet Providers

China’s parliament has published a draft cyber security law that consolidates Beijing’s control over data, with potentially significant consequences for internet service providers and multinational firms doing business in the country. The document, dated Monday but picked up by state …

China’s Draft Counter-Terrorism Law Alarms Foreign Technology Firms

China is weighing a far-reaching counter-terrorism law that would require technology firms to hand over encryption keys and install security “backdoors,” a potential escalation of what some firms view as the increasingly onerous terms of doing business in the world’s …