China’s espionage law, passed by lawmakers Wednesday, is prompting concerns that Western companies could be required to provide information to Chinese security officials. Photo: PANG XINGLEI/XINHUA/ZUMA PRESSChina rewrote its law against espionage to tighten state control over a wider swath of data and digital activities, an expansion of its power to neutralize perceived foreign threats that raises the risks for businesses operating in the world’s second-largest economy. Foreign executives say the expanded scope and powers of the legislation threaten to turn everyday interactions into national-security offenses and underscore the increasingly hostile environment that many foreign businesses believe they face in the country.

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