Chinese Foreign Ministry defends cyber law; U.S.-China Business Council skewers it

The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs is defending a cybersecurity law that would give Chinese authorities broad authority to regulate information technology goods and services as non-discriminatory, while the U.S.-China Business Council is raising fears that the law -- approved this week -- contains a number of requirements that make it more difficult for foreign firms to operate in China. “In terms the expanded definition of Critical Information Infrastructure (CII) [contained in the law] and the requirement for vendors to...