State media says consultants harmed national security by helping the West 'buy state secrets'; but lobby groups say raids on advisory group Capvision have damaged investor confidence

Observers have been bamboozled by measures such as restrictions on financial data and crackdowns on companies doing due diligence; analysts say security is trumping everything

Short video app TikTok, already under scrutiny across the world, informed the journalist last year that four of its employees had spied on her data to track down leaks

State-owned companies and firms listed on the mainland have been ordered to do thorough reviews of auditors' ability to "safeguard information security"

Sources say the cyberspace regulator ordered Wind to stop providing offshore users with certain data; other data providers have also restricted data access as geopolitical tensions rise

China condemns NATO's 'continual eastward expansion' suggesting its plan to have a liaison office in Japan is an 'attempt to destroy regional peace and stability'

'China Competition Bill 2.0' will seek to limit advanced tech and capital going to China; boost curbs on buying US land and restrict foreign computer apps; and deter China from conflict with Taiwan

China has updated its military conscription rules, to entice retired service personnel to return, while also aiming to recruit college students with space and cyber warfare skills

Washington and Brussels envoys wrote to the Kuala Lumpur government last month, the FT reported, to raise their security concerns

The updated law, which bans the transfer of any information deemed linked to national security, comes after raids on three foreign firms that have rocked the business community in China

A leaked US document shared online recently says China is looking to create cyber weapons to "hijack" enemy satellites, but the US is also developing defensive and offensive space weapons

The US Treasury has imposed sanctions on two Chinese traders and a North Korean bank agent for laundering millions in crypto stolen by a notorious hacking group and used to pay for missiles