US Adds Tencent to Military Company List

The US Department of Defense has added Chinese messaging and gaming Tencent to its list of “Chinese military company”, a designation that won’t necessarily result in a ban but is nonetheless unpleasant.

However, it’s not hard to see how China’s military could rely on Tencent, whose WeChat messaging platform and related payment service are both utterly ubiquitous in Chinese daily life. WeChat is also thought to be a key channel Beijing uses to deliver its desired messages to the Chinese diaspora. An Australian Senate committee hasWeChat be banned from use on government-owned devices as it can be used to gather intelligence about users. Canada went a step further andthe app from government kit.

CATL’s ties to Tesla could therefore become problematic. Microsoft could also face an awkward moment, as a Tencent company develops a mobile version of the game Call of Duty which it acquired

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Tencent Shares Plunge After Pentagon Designates It as Chinese Military CompanyTencent's US-listed shares dropped sharply after the Pentagon added the tech giant to a list of Chinese companies deemed to be operating with the Chinese military. While the designation carries no immediate legal consequences, it raises reputational concerns for Tencent, which owns the widely used messaging app WeChat. The Pentagon's move is part of a broader US effort to counter China's military ambitions and technological advancements.
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