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Is doing business in China becoming impossible for foreigners?

Selective enforcement of draconian data and spying laws is scaring Western companies

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The space for foreigners doing business in China was already being constrained by restrictions that their own governments.

The space for foreigners doing business in China was already being constrained by restrictions that their own governments have placed on Chinese companies.

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The Economist

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Judging purely by the steady stream of Western executives crossing the Pacific, China is picking up where it left off before the onset of Covid-19.

In the past couple of weeks, Mr Elon Musk of Tesla, an electric-car maker, met officials in Beijing on his first trip to the country in more than three years.

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