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Will Chinese Tech Giant Tencent be Next on the US’ Target List After Huawei?
The Straits Times

09 January 2019

After the arrest of Ms Meng Wanzhou, daughter of the founder of Chinese telecoms giant Huawei Ren Zhengfei, in Canada in December at the request of the US authorities, some wonder which other Chinese tech giant would the US get tough with. Shenzhen-based Tencent cropped up as a possibility, given the popularity of its messaging and e-payment app WeChat, which has been long criticised as a tool for data gathering and surveillance. Mr Zi Yang, senior analyst at RSIS’ China Programme, said WeChat is probably the US’ greatest concern when it comes to Tencent.

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