BEIJING - Chinese lawmakers passed a wide-ranging update to Beijing's anti-espionage legislation on Wednesday (April 27), banning the transfer of any information related to national security and broadening the definition of spying. China's top legislative body passed the revised Counter-Espionage Law - its first update since 2014 - following three days of deliberations, and it will take effect from July...
A general view of the closing session of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 13.BEIJING - Chinese lawmakers passed a wide-ranging update to Beijing's anti-espionage legislation on Wednesday , banning the transfer of any information related to national security and broadening the definition of spying.
President Xi Jinping has made national security a key focus of his administration since taking office in 2012 and analysts say these revisions are evidence of that stricter regime as suspicion of the United States and its allies grows. The revised law allows authorities carrying out an anti-espionage investigation to gain access to data, electronic equipment, information on personal property and also to ban border crossings. Cyberattacks are also classed as acts of espionage.
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