China To Purge Foreign Technology And Replace It With A China Only Made Policy

China Is Planning to Purge Foreign Technology and Replace With Homegrown Suppliers -- Bloomberg

China is aiming to purge most foreign technology from banks, the military, state-owned enterprises and key government agencies by 2020, stepping up efforts to shift to Chinese suppliers, according to people familiar with the effort.

The push comes after a test of domestic alternatives in the northeastern city of Siping that was deemed a success, said the people, who asked not to be named because the details aren’t public. Workers there replaced Microsoft Corp.’s (MSFT) Windows with a homegrown operating system called NeoKylin and swapped foreign servers for ones made by China’s Inspur Group Ltd., they said.

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Update: China moves to replace foreign hardware, software with its own -- Today Online

My Comment: Too many news reports on the effectiveness of the NSA in conducting spying and surveillance operations is probably what spooked the Chinese to change their policies .... hence the order for only Chinese tech to now be used.