2025-04-12
NEW: The ubiquitous but often overlooked wifi router lies at the heart of one of the US's biggest national security dilemmas—and a rift between 2 brothers on opposite sides of the Pacific. Our deep dive on TP-Link & its claim it's chosen the US over China: https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Bloomberg
US investigators are probing whether the China ties of TP-Link Systems Inc., the US-based business of Wi-Fi router giant TP-Link, pose an “unacceptable risk”
and a rift between 2 brothers on opposite sides of the Pacific. Our deep dive on TP-Link & its claim it's chosen the US over China: https://www.bloomberg.com/... Mark Simon / @mark...
2023-06-27
NEW: Sequoia became the most consistent moneymaking venture-capital firm in history, placing huge winning bets in the U.S. and in China. In the end, the Silicon Valley firm had to choose just one. https://www.wsj.com/... with @berber_jin1 @aviswanatha @RolfeWinkler
Wall Street Journal
Sources: US official Kurt Campbell confronted Sequoia's Don Vieira over funding Chinese startups that may threaten US security, leading to the three-way split
Wall Street Journal : Twitter: @niubi , @sarthakgh , and @kate_okeeffe Twitter: Bill Bishop / @niubi : Sequoia made a fortune investing in the U.S. and in China. Then the venture ...
2023-06-21
NEW: During the Trump administration, U.S. officials reviewed intelligence that tracked workers from Chinese telecom giants Huawei and ZTE entering and exiting facilities suspected of housing Chinese eavesdropping operations in Cuba https://www.wsj.com/...
Wall Street Journal
Sources: during the Trump administration, the US tracked Huawei and ZTE workers in Cuba, suspecting the companies were helping China expand its spying abilities
Intelligence bolstered suspicions telecom giants might be playing role in expansion of China's capabilities on island
2022-11-17
The TuSimple saga has taken yet another turn: co-founder Mo Chen has taken control of the self-driving trucking co while U.S. authorities continue to investigate TuSimple's relationship with Chen's other co, a Chinese trucking startup https://www.wsj.com/... by @heathersomervil
Wall Street Journal
Filings: TuSimple co-founder Mo Chen consolidates power, acquiring 59% of the voting stock, as the US investigates the self-driving trucking company
Federal authorities continue to investigate entity's relationship with a Chinese startup tied to co-founder Mo Chen Tweets: @kate_okeeffe Tweets: Kate O'Keeffe / @kate_okeeffe : Th...
2022-08-17
“I have no problem trading with or feeding China,” the Pentagon's former top China export controls analyst Steve Coonen told colleagues in a September 2021 email after resigning over frustrations with the policy. “I have a huge problem with arming China.” https://www.wsj.com/...
Wall Street Journal
Analysis: of the US exports to China that required a license in 2020, the Commerce Department approved 94%, or 2,652, applications for tech exports
NEW: The U.S. has identified China as a top national-security threat. But a Commerce Dept-led process that reviews tech exports to the country approves almost all requests & has overseen a rise in sales of some especially important tech, trade data shows https://www.wsj.com/...
Wall Street Journal
Analysis: of the US exports to China that required a license in 2020, the Commerce Department approved 94%, or 2,652, applications for tech exports
2022-05-10
NEW: Pentagon report at center of debate on renewing SBIR program includes examples of participants who dissolve their American companies, join Chinese govt talent programs and continue their work at institutions that support the People's Liberation Army https://www.wsj.com/...
Wall Street Journal
Congress could require vetting of US tech startups seeking federal funding after DoD found China is exploiting a program that funds small business innovation
Kate O'Keeffe / Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @kate_okeeffe , @kate_okeeffe , and @lukebk Tweets: Kate O'Keeffe / @kate_okeeffe : NEW: Pentagon report at center of debate on renew...
NEW: Congress may soon require government agencies to vet tech startups seeking federal funding, after a Defense Department study found China is exploiting a popular program (SBIR) that funds innovation among small American companies https://www.wsj.com/...
Wall Street Journal
Congress could require vetting of US tech startups seeking federal funding after DoD found China is exploiting a program that funds small business innovation
Kate O'Keeffe / Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @kate_okeeffe , @kate_okeeffe , and @lukebk Tweets: Kate O'Keeffe / @kate_okeeffe : NEW: Pentagon report at center of debate on renew...
2022-04-23
U.S. drone startups such as BRINC and Skydio are rushing to fill a gap in Ukraine after government officials there called China's DJI a security risk for both the military and civilians. Interesting piece by @heathersomervil https://www.wsj.com/...
Wall Street Journal
Ukrainians are replacing DJI drones with BRINC, Skydio, and other US-made drones after unexplained failures with the Chinese company's equipment during the war
Heather Somerville / Wall Street Journal :
2021-10-02
Shareholders just shot down Zoom's nearly $15 billion deal for Five9. There were lots of issues including a national security review due to U.S. concerns about Zoom's China ties https://www.wsj.com/... By @aatilley
CNBC
Zoom says it no longer plans to acquire cloud-based call center software maker Five9, following the FCC's review of the $14.7B deal on national security grounds
13% — Zoom was paying. Zoom and Five9 abandon $14.7 billion acquisition https://www.cnbc.com/...
2021-10-01
Shareholders just shot down Zoom's nearly $15 billion deal for Five9. There were lots of issues including a national security review due to U.S. concerns about Zoom's China ties https://www.wsj.com/... By @aatilley
CNBC
Zoom says it no longer plans to acquire cloud-based call center software maker Five9, following the FCC's review of the $14.7B deal on national security grounds
- Zoom's attempted acquisition of cloud contact center software maker failed to win sufficient approval from Five9 shareholders.
2021-09-26
Breaking: The U.S. Justice Department has reached a deal that will allow Huawei finance chief Meng Wanzhou to return to China nearly three years after she was detained in Canada on behalf of the U.S. to face wire and bank fraud charges. By @aviswanatha https://www.wsj.com/...
Wall Street Journal
US DOJ allows Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou to return to China in a deferred prosecution agreement as part of which Wanzhou admitted to some wrongdoing
hours after the U.S. agreed to free a Huawei executive https://www.wsj.com/... Michael McFaul / @mcfaul : You're revealing your nerdy (and that's a compliment @stanford) ways to su...
2021-09-25
Breaking: The U.S. Justice Department has reached a deal that will allow Huawei finance chief Meng Wanzhou to return to China nearly three years after she was detained in Canada on behalf of the U.S. to face wire and bank fraud charges. By @aviswanatha https://www.wsj.com/...
Wall Street Journal
US DOJ allows Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou to return to China in a deferred prosecution agreement as part of which Wanzhou admitted to some wrongdoing
Deferred prosecution agreement offers company's finance chief an exit from Canada, where she has been fighting extradition to U.S.
2020-12-30
Hey remember in 2017 when Ant tried to get U.S. approval to buy MoneyGram and published a letter in WSJ saying: “while a handful of Chinese state-owned or -affiliated funds own non-controlling minority stakes, they do not participate in company management” https://www.wsj.com/...
Bloomberg
Source: Ant Group is planning to fold its financial operations into a holding company that could be regulated more like a bank
Bloomberg :
2020-12-21
“You can take any of the platforms Ant has, as long as the country needs it,” Jack Ma, China's richest man, proposed at an unusual sit-down with regulators as he tried to salvage his relationship with Beijing. V revealing report by the great @Lingling_Wei https://www.wsj.com/...
Wall Street Journal
Sources: in an early November meeting, Jack Ma offered concessions to Chinese regulators, including handing over parts of Ant Group if “the country needs it”
2020-11-21
Ex-FBI @Airbnb exec opposed Chinese govt request company provide customer data when users book online reservations vs when they arrive at properties bc he thought arrangement could help Chinese intelligence better anticipate guests' movements. Great work by @dnvolz @KirstenGrind https://twitter.com/...
Wall Street Journal
Sources: Airbnb's “chief trust officer” resigned in 2019 over concerns about Airbnb's data sharing with Chinese authorities, who wanted more “real-time data”
Wall Street Journal :
2020-09-28
The U.S.-China chip wars continue: U.S. just declared SMIC, China's largest semiconductor maker, a military end-user. Firms will now have to get licenses to ship U.S. tech to SMIC in a potential major blow to China's chip ambitions https://www.wsj.com/... @DanStrumpf @asafitch
Financial Times
US sets export restrictions on China's biggest chipmaker SMIC, saying exports to SMIC posed an “unacceptable risk” of being diverted to “military end use”
2020-09-27
The U.S.-China chip wars continue: U.S. just declared SMIC, China's largest semiconductor maker, a military end-user. Firms will now have to get licenses to ship U.S. tech to SMIC in a potential major blow to China's chip ambitions https://www.wsj.com/... @DanStrumpf @asafitch
Financial Times
US sets export restrictions on China's biggest chipmaker SMIC, saying exports to SMIC posed an “unacceptable risk” of being diverted to “military end use”
Move against SMIC further hurts chip sector after penalties on Huawei — The US government …
2020-08-30
Had long wondered why Beijing would give U.S. huge win & let TikTok sale happen. Turns out it might not. New Chinese state media piece warns ByteDance to study new export regs & “seriously and cautiously” consider halting TikTok deal https://www.wsj.com/... @evawxiao @lizalinwsj
Wall Street Journal
China's state media quoted a government adviser, who said ByteDance should study the new export list and “seriously and cautiously” consider halting TikTok deal
Chinese government trade adviser cautions app maker to study new regulations prior to sale
2020-08-12
TikTok skirted a privacy safeguard in Google's Android operating system to collect unique identifiers from millions of mobile devices, data that allows the app to track users online without allowing them to opt out, per WSJ analysis https://www.wsj.com/... @kpoulsen @bobmcmillan
Wall Street Journal
Analysis: TikTok used an Android security hole to collect MAC addresses, possibly for ad tracking, without an ability to opt out; the practice ended in November
The tactic, which experts in mobile-phone security said was concealed through an unusual added layer of encryption, appears to have violated Google policies