China has expanded its espionage laws with broad language that foreigners now fear could get them accused of spying. Authorities have already raided longtime American businesses in China without explanation, making businesspeople nervous about the risks of operating on the mainland. The World’s Marco Werman talks with Robert Daly, director of the Kissinger Institute on China and US Relations at the Wilson Center, about the new law and its effects so far.
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