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China’s Intentions: Sovereignty, Stability and Technological Independence

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Posted: December 11th, 2016

By Adam Segal

Adam Segal is the Ira A. Lipman chair in emerging technologies and national security and director of the Digital and Cyberspace Policy Program at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). He is an expert on security issues, technology development, and Chinese domestic and foreign policy.

Last month, China’s legislature passed the Cybersecurity Law, which is due to take effect next summer. The controversial law has received a number of criticisms from technology companies, Western government officials, and human rights advocates. The Cipher Brief spoke with Adam Segal, Director of the Digital and Cyberspace Policy Program at the Council on Foreign Relations, about what this new law hopes to accomplish and why it has drawn so much criticism.

The Cipher Brief: Could you explain China’s new cybersecurity law and the stated rationale behind it?

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