Beijing orders state offices to replace foreign PCs and software – FT

Forex Crunch ^ | December 8th, 2019 | By FX Street

[Mariner]

A significant event.

The US would do well to do the same.

[Zhang Fei]

If the Chinese do this, I fully expect Lenovo to be completely frozen out of Federal, state and local government contracts. Given that the Americas comprise 1/3 of its $50b in total revenues, I’d expect the company to scream like a little girl.

[MagillaX]

你是認真的嗎。您想讓我們使用我們製造的廉價仿製品嗎？ Nǐ shì rènzhēn de ma. Nín xiǎng ràng wǒmen shǐyòng wǒmen zhìzào de liánjià fǎngzhì pǐn ma?

[Macoozie]

‘The US would do well to do the same.’

Buy American sounds like a good idea.

Now if wee could only source critical military parts domestically too . . .

[Dr. Sivana]

I’d expect the company to scream like a little girl.

The Red Chinese government has a controlling interest. They will not scream unless told to scream.

[Mariner]

Well, we wouldn’t expect Nazi Germany and Britain to share computer technology in 1938.

That would be just dumb.

[Mariner]

That’s foreign to me and 99.99% of the folks on this site.

[ifinnegan]

“A significant event.”

Lol.

Get back to us in three years.

[mrsmith]

LOL!
Presently China businesses run on pirate Windows.

Good thing to do. Pirate copies are not safe.

[dayglored]

Does the prohibition include American smartphones, e.g. iPhone, even though they are manufactured overseas?

[TLI]

HAHAHA, you funny!

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[Rebelbase]

如果這樣做，我們將把狗擰掉而不是吃它。

[PGR88]

I have no doubt that Chinese government already is nearly 100% domestic PCs. I can’t imagine when they ever would have bought foreign PCs, except many years ago

[TLI]

棕色的狗是最好的味道。 .

[timestax]

bttt

[ameribbean expat]

All that pirate Windows 10?

[glorgau]

Where are the Chinese going to get the software? Steal it from themselves?

[GOPJ]

China’s administration has ordered all government offices and public institutions to remove foreign computer equipment and software within three years.

Seems they've stepped up the view we're a threat to them..

[BeauBo]

Maybe it is now clear to them that there will be no big trade deal, in time to stop next Sunday’s (15 Dec) huge new package of tariffs on their computer/consumer electronics exports.

1. This could be their attempt at retaliation in kind for that next round of tariffs.

2. This could be an attempt to prop up their industries that will be hit by those tariffs, by protecting the Chinese domestic market for them.