Chinese companies operating mostly in China have refused government requests in the past, because compliance would have been bad for business: https://technode.

Chinese companies operating mostly in China have refused government requests in the past, because compliance would have been bad for business: https://technode.com/2019/09/19/tencent-alibaba-refuse-to-disclose-user-data-to-state-backed-credit-company/ https://technode.com/2019/09/19/tencent-alibaba-refuse-to-di... Of course if the CCP cared more about enforcing the law than about money, nobody could ever say no to them, but fortunately that's not the case, so there's always room to negotiate.