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Neowin reports that Government officials have again raided Microsoft offices in China - as well as the offices of consultancy firm Accenture, to which Microsoft outsources some of its financial work in the country



Today, China's State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC), the regulatory agency responsible for the investigation, carried out a new wave of raids on Microsoft offices in four cities. Its Beijing offices were targeted again, along with three others in Liaoning, Fujian and Hubei.

Additionally, the raids targeted offices of IT consultancy firm Accenture, which handles some of Microsoft's financial work in China. Accenture Greater China said in a statement to Reuters: "We can confirm that, as required by Chinese laws, we are cooperating with investigators of the [SAIC] and are helping provide them with certain information related to one of our clients."
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