US business groups have sounded the alarm over China’s new cybersecurity rules, adopted amid Snowden leaks. They say the rules are intrusive, require tech companies to disclose sensitive intellectual property, and create backdoors for Chinese authorities.
The American Chamber of Commerce in China and 17 other US business lobbies addressed a letter to the Central Leading Small Group for Cyberspace Affairs, led by Chinese President Xi Jinping, on Wednesday. In the letter, the business groups called on the Chinese government to take part in “urgent discussion and dialogue” over the new cybersecurity regulations.
The new Chinese rules impose tight security checks that would force tech companies to disclose sensitive intellectual property, the US lobby groups said.
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