China's souped-up data privacy laws deter researchers
China’s souped-up data privacy laws deter researchers

        

        
            
        
        
            
                
                    
                        

    
        
            
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                25 May 2023
                
            

            

            
                
                
                    Recent regulations have strengthened Chinese data privacy, but are impinging on international research collaboration.
                
            
        
        
            
    
        
            
                
                    Dyani Lewis
                
                
                
                    
                
            
        
    

        
    
    


            
            


        
            
                
                    
                        

                        
                    
                
            

            
                
                    
                    
                

                

                
                    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. 
                    
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                doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-01638-1

            
            
                
            

            
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