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by johannkokos 2438 days ago
> This system will apply to foreign owned companies in China on the same basis as to all Chinese persons, entities or individuals. No information contained on any server located within China will be exempted from this full coverage program. No communication from or to China will be exempted. There will be no secrets.

Can the author provide a source for this? I couldn't find any reference to it from the articles linked by this blog.

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The law is called MPLS 2.0, also see the follow-up blog post.
MLPS 2.0.

Normally, HN frowns on typos but this is a big one, so I thought it worth correcting.

If true, what does that mean to AWS regions in China?
The China AWS region is operated by a Chinese company, with all servers physically located in China, thus accessible to the Chinese government.[0]

The above also applies to Microsoft Azure China[1], and any other major cloud provider with a presence in China.

[0] https://www.amazonaws.cn/en/about-aws/china/

[1] https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/china/overview-operat...

what does that mean to AWS regions in China?

See https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/05/18/china_cloud_setup/