China’s souped-up data privacy laws deter researchers

Is China trying to isolate itself again from the rest of the world? What do the communists have to fear?

"Recently introduced restrictions on the flow of academic and health data from China are concerning researchers globally, who say the new rules, as well as the uncertainty surrounding them, are discouraging international collaborations with scientists in the country. Others, fearing that access to information could be stymied, are opting not to work on projects about China or its people.

The suite of regulations, which have been introduced gradually since 2021, includes cybersecurity assessments of personal information and genetic data sent overseas, and restrictions on the export of biotechnology know-how in CRISPR–Cas9 gene-editing technology, synthetic biology and crop breeding. China is also considering limits on the amount of human genetic data that can be sent to other countries. ..."

China’s souped-up data privacy laws deter researchers Recent regulations have strengthened Chinese data privacy, but are impinging on international research collaboration.