Xi Jinping gives a speech at the Internet conference in Wuzhen, China, Dec. 16, 2015. AFP
China’s draconian new cybersecurity law, passed by the country’s rubber-stamp parliament this week, has sparked concerns that it will be used to further stifle individual freedoms after a crackdown on dissent that has lasted since President Xi Jinping took power. Continue reading
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A woman uses her smartphone near a booth promoting cloud services during the Global Mobile Internet Conference in Beijing, China.
BEIJING — China’s legislature approved a cybersecurity law on Monday that human rights activists warn will tighten political controls and foreign companies say might hamper access to Chinese technology markets. Continue reading
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