The big thing is that these things are law in China. The chinese government is basically making the tech companies sign a document saying they will comply with

The big thing is that these things are law in China. The chinese government is basically making the tech companies sign a document saying they will comply with the law. The laws in China are insane and if tech companies want to do business there they must accept them or pack up and leave like google did. Hosting data for chinese users within china has been part of law for a while now, all servers hosting content that is licensed to be displayed in china must also be hosted in china. There are tons of rules that allow the government to control tech companies. If the law is not there and some tech company does something the government wants to control they can pass a law the next day if they wanted to. Laws are pretty arbitrary in china because there is only one party and they vote practically unanimously on anything the leaders propose