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China Eases Rules on Encryption Software
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Arnold G. Reinhold)
Mon Mar 13 15:34:45 2000
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By Matt Pottinger
BEIJING (Reuters) - China has eased tough new restrictions on
encryption technology,
announcing that a vast category of consumer software and equipment
-- including mobile
phones and Microsoft Windows -- would be exempt from the rules.
The government agency in charge of enforcing the rules sent a
``clarification'' letter to U.S.
business organizations last week which steps back from the hard
position it had taken when the
rules were adopted on January 31.
...
More at http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20000313/tc/china_encryption_1.html
