Tech giants at forefront of East-West decoupling
Companies face difficult choice over Hong Kong’s new security law
09 July 2020 - 05:00
London — Not so long ago every western technology group wanted to be in China.
The prospect of signing up the nation’s 1-billion-plus citizens was a prospect too lucrative to ignore. For many, Hong Kong offered a perfect base: close enough to China but not subject to Beijing’s more stringent laws.
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