It's fair to say that China is no fan of Windows 8.A few weeks ago, the operating system was banned from Chinese government computers, as part of an announcement about the use of energy-saving products (if that sounds a bit vague, it is).
Then, if that wasn't bad enough news for Microsoft, a new report aired on a Chinese channel added to the bad news, the operating system is considered a threat to China's cybersecurity and reported to be used to spy on Chinese citizens.
In a telephone interview, Professor Yang Min of Fudan University said that the closed nature of Windows 8 posed a threat to the nation’s cybersecurity efforts. “Microsoft will no longer open the source code of Windows 8 to the Chinese government,” he said. “However, the operating system’s security system is designed to provide Microsoft with better access to the user database. For China, it is a big challenge to our information security.”
