Does other countries outside of China have the encryption keys to the local iCloud data?Do you realize that every country (including the U.S.) have laws on the books that violate their own citizens' privacy? And every country has a slightly different interpretation of individual and data privacy. Many countries are requiring iCloud data to be restricted within their own borders, not just China. You're asking for an ideal world that will never exist. Apple chooses to operate in as many territories as they legally can.