Chinese data provider tightens some information access for offshore users

Chinese data provider tightens some information access for offshore users

FILE PHOTO: A Chinese flag is displayed next to a "Made in China" sign seen on a printed circuit board with semiconductor chips, in this illustration picture taken February 17, 2023. REUTERS/Florence Lo/Illustration

Chinese financial data provider Wind Information Co has blocked some offshore users from accessing certain business and economic data, people with knowledge of the matter said, fuelling concern about information access in the world’s second-largest economy.