China's Lenovo has won US government approval to buy the personal computer arm of iconic technology firm IBM

09 March 2005

So Lenovo is going to be allowed to buy IBM after all. That's a problem. Lenovo is a company based in the People's Republic of China. The PRC does not have a separation between business enterprises and their government/military. It is not uncommon for an active army general or other government official to also be a CEO in a Chinese corporation. This makes any Chinese company that provides important products for the U.S. government a very real security threat. I can't believe the government authorized this deal. Even if it weren't a security threat, I still wouldn't be able to recommend ever buying another IBM product since to do so would be to subsidize a tyrannical regime that represses its own citizens and has openly promised to militarily crush Taiwan if they persist in asserting that they are a free republic. It's a real shame, too. I have found the ThinkPad to be an incredibly reliable laptop, and I was looking forward to buying a new one.
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posted by The Sovereign Editor | 7:42 AM

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