Apple is selling in China. China insisted that Apple customers in China data had to be stored on servers inside China's borders on Servers provided by Chinese carriers. Apple had to agree. However, China had to agree that the data was permitted to be encrypted by Apple's customers using their own passcodes before being loaded onto those servers. China's government agreed. China's news system made a stink in January about this, so Apple agreed that China could "security check" that the servers were "secure" and that the connections from the Apple devices were also secure.
Apple is selling in China. China insisted that Apple customers in China data had to be stored on servers inside China's borders on Servers provided by Chinese carriers. Apple had to agree. However, China had to agree that the data was permitted to be encrypted by Apple's customers using their own passcodes before being loaded onto those servers. China's government agreed. China's news system made a stink in January about this, so Apple agreed that China could "security check" that the servers were "secure" and that the connections from the Apple devices were also secure.What SwordMaker says here is correct. Another example of how strict China is on these matters: If a US company wants to operate a data center in China, they have to go through a Chinese shell company who (on paper) owns the facilities.
It really chaps my behind to see China complaining about Trump imposing any sort of restrictions on trade with them when they have these trade restrictions for goods and services coming into China. Total hypocrites, and we are the dumb ones for letting them play us this way.