Fearful foreign firms cut off data over China's anti-spying law

Mr Roberts said the wording in the updated anti-espionage law unveiled in April introduced the possibility of criminal sanctions and being policed by the country's state security agency for sharing information deemed sensitive. The revised law and the raids "have businesses scrambling to understand their current compliance footing", he said. In the past, western companies were concerned about taking electronic devices into the country over fears that China could access their data. Now they are equally concerned about sensitive data leaving China for fear of violating Beijing's rules. An executive at a US consultancy said his company started reorganising its…