The Chinese Government Has its Eye on the FBI-Apple Battle (Adam Segal, CFR)

Shadowing the standoff between the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Apple over access to an encrypted iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino attackers is the question: What will China do? If Apple creates unique software that allows Washington access to the phone, does that open the door for Beijing to make similar demands on the company and all other foreign technology firms operating in China? As Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) argued, “This move by the FBI could snowball around the world. Why in the world would our government want to give repressive regimes in Russia and China a blueprint for forcing American companies to create a backdoor?”

http://blogs.cfr.org/cyber/2016/03/14/the-chinese-government-has-its-eye-on-the-fbi-apple-battle/