China's softening on cross-border data transfers: 5 things to know

Companies sending data on under 10,000 people to be exempt from strict policies

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People walk past a Cyberspace Administration of China office in Beijing. © Reuters

KELLY WANG and DU ZHIHANG, Caixin

China is looking to relax its rules on cross-border data transfers, issuing draft provisions that experts say would essentially create "a whitelist" that exempts qualifying foreign companies from the stringent policies that have become a burden to some of those operating in China.

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