An American research firm has been fined $1.5 million by China’s government in a crackdown on information-gathering that has rattled foreign investors
's government in a crackdown on information-gathering that has rattled foreign investors.
Mintz Group illegally engaged in “foreign-related statistical investigation activities without obtaining approval,” the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Statistics said in a notice dated July 14 on its website. It gave no details of the violation but said Mintz Group was fined 10.7 million yuan . Xi's government has tightened the ruling Communist Party's control over the economy and society, including by launching data security crackdowns and expanding restrictions on what information can be moved abroad.
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