Apple keeps data in China. [1] They specifically made the move because of China's National Intelligence Law. [2]
>To comply with the law, for instance, Apple announced that it would transfer the operation of iCloud in Mainland China to a government-sponsored data company named Guizhou-Cloud Big Data.
[1] https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2018/03/apple-privacy...
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Internet_Security_Law#Ef...