China Taking Steps to Show it is Responsive to Foreign Concerns on Cybersecurity

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China Taking Steps to Show it is Responsive to Foreign Concerns on Cybersecurity

By CircleID Reporter
August 29, 2016, 6:04 pm PDT Views: 5,471 Add Comment

“China Sets New Tone in Drafting Cybersecurity Rules,” by Eva Dou in Beijing and Rachael King in San Francisco reporting in the Wall Street Journal: “China is taking a more inclusive tack in instituting cybersecurity standards for foreign technology companies, allowing them to join a key government committee in an effort to ease foreign concerns over the controls. ... For the first time, the body earlier this year allowed select foreign companies—Microsoft Corp., Intel Corp., Cisco Systems Inc. and International Business Machines Corp.—to take an active part in drafting rules, rather than participating simply as observers, said people familiar with the discussions.”

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