World’s largest asset manager BlackRock to employees: You cannot carry your phones and laptops to China, instead …

BlackRock is restricting employees’ use of company-issued devices in China due to rising US-China tensions and data security concerns. Staff must now use temporary loaner phones and cannot use company laptops, reflecting broader anxieties about operating in China’s complex regulatory environment. This follows incidents of Western business executives facing travel restrictions and stricter data security laws.