The Chinese authorities will question this week officials of the Bain & Company in Shanghai, the main economic center of China, said over the North American company, which provides strategy and management consulting services.
The British newspaper Financial Times previously reported that the Chinese police made a surprise visit to the company’s facilities two weeks ago.
Specialized in strategic and management consulting, Bain & Company confirmed that the employees were de facto questioned, but did not specify the reasons.
“We are to cooperate with the Chinese authorities as required,” said the group, in a statement. “We have nothing more to say at this time.”
The police apprehended their telephones and computers, but no one was arrested, according to the Financial Times, which cites sources close to the case.
According to the newspaper, the news worries some North American companies present in China, who fear retaliatory measures from Beijing, after several sanctions imposed by Washington against Chinese companies and entities, in particular the technological sector, in the name of “national security”. .
Not later, the North American auditing company Mintz Group says that it has locked up its office in Peuqim, after the Chinese police arrested five two of its local officials.
The Ministry of Foreign Business of China then clarified that the company is “suspected of illegal operations”.
A few days later, the Chinese regulator for cyberspace announced a “review” of two products from the North American technology company Micron, in order to prevent possible “risks” for “national security.”
