China is retaliating against the US for its ‘naked bullying’ of TikTok with a new global security initiative – By Isobel Asher Hamilton (Business Insider) / Sept 9 2020
- China outlined a new global data security initiative on Tuesday, and called on other countries to sign up.
- The initiative is a retaliation against the US’ “Clean Network Initiative” which it unveiled last month and is aimed at keeping Chinese internet infrastructure sealed off from the US.
- China’s foreign minister also alluded to the US’ attempts to force TikTok to sell off its US business or else face a ban, saying “This is naked bullying and should be opposed and rejected.”
China has launched an attempt to set global data security standards, in an attempt to counter US efforts to lock it out of the Western internet.
The initiative, announced by foreign minister Wang Yi, was framed as a shot at the Trump administration, which last month announced a new “Clean Network Initiative” aimed at sealing Chinese internet infrastructure off from the US.
Per Reuters, China’s initiative calls on firms to seal up any security backdoors that could leave data vulnerable to hacking, while respecting the data laws of the countries they operate in.
It also calls on countries not to engage in mass surveillance of other countries, or to illegally acquire data on other countries’ citizens.
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