Apple Fights the Good Fight

Apple is building a new data center to comply with Chinese law on data security.  The Chinese want their own data stored in China and not somewhere else.  Apple won't even be able to transfer data out of China.  According to the article today in the Wall Street Journal, Apple will have control of the encryption keys but a third party, government owned company will store the data.  I somehow do not believe this is going to work out for anyone but the Chinese government.  They have consistently pointed to complete control over data, from source code that handles it, to VPNs operated by corporations doing business in China.  Once they have the data, they can store it forever, or until they steal the keys, or maneuver Apple into giving them up.  One of those things is sure to happen, and I doubt that Apple can stop it.