{"id":1004120,"date":"2021-11-12T16:30:03","date_gmt":"2021-11-12T21:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1004120"},"modified":"2021-11-12T16:30:05","modified_gmt":"2021-11-12T21:30:05","slug":"microsoft-exec-says-china-leads-the-world-in-pandemic-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/microsoft-exec-says-china-leads-the-world-in-pandemic-response\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Exec Says China Leads the World in Pandemic Response"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmicrosoft-exec-says-china-leads-the-world-in-pandemic-response%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1004120&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div readability=\"29.10067114094\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"article-category\"><a class href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/\">National Security<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-excerpt\">The company frequently cooperates with Communist Party officials<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-thumbnail-container relative lg:mr-24 w-full my-4 mb-8\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"736\" height=\"514\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/rsz_gettyimages-869597360-736x514-1.jpg\" class=\"w-full lazyload blur-up wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/rsz_gettyimages-869597360.jpg 736w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/rsz_gettyimages-869597360-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/rsz_gettyimages-869597360-703x491.jpg 703w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><figcaption class=\"absolute text-white p-4 w-full text-right text-xs bottom-0 bg-black opacity-75\">\n\t\t\t\tMicrosoft cofounder Bill Gates and Chinese premier Li Keqiang in 2017 (Thomas Peter\/AFP via Getty Images)\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t<span class=\"text-gray text-xs md:text-lg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/author\/santi-ruiz\/\" title=\"Posts by Santi Ruiz\" class=\"author url fn text-red-700\" rel=\"author\">Santi Ruiz<\/a> \u2022 November 12, 2021 4:15 pm<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"69.448653198653\">\n<p>A Microsoft executive last week announced the company is expanding its operations in China, which he said is leading the world in pandemic response.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft China president Joe Bao called China the &#8220;most dynamic and innovative place&#8221; in the world in a speech at the China International Import Expo in Shanghai. Microsoft also announced it would be doubling its cloud capacity and launching a new data center in the country. Speaking to <em>Shanghai Daily<\/em>, Bao <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shine.cn\/biz\/tech\/2111047512\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>, &#8220;Every country in the world is looking to China as a role model for how to emerge from a pandemic today.&#8221; He also suggested that Microsoft&#8217;s Chinese operations are increasingly important to the company, noting that &#8220;we really think that we have an opportunity to grow faster [in China] than Microsoft in the rest of the world.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft regularly complies with the Chinese Communist Party to maintain access to the country&#8217;s lucrative market. Last month, the company overhauled its LinkedIn product to satisfy government demands. In September, Microsoft president Brad Smith personally met with top Chinese officials to discuss deepening the company&#8217;s relationship with China.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft has completely revamped LinkedIn in China to comply with regulators, <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/linkedin-kowtows-to-china-spin-off-stifle-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">starting<\/a> an identical platform that removes users&#8217; ability to post their opinions. LinkedIn regularly censors users, including <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/media\/linkedin-censors-us-reporters-account-in-china\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">journalists<\/a>, for discussing topics the Chinese Communist Party considers sensitive, like Taiwan or Tiananmen Square. LinkedIn also <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/in-unprecedented-move-linkedin-censors-uk-based-china-critic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">censored<\/a> a British national on his regular account after he criticized the Chinese government.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft&#8217;s close ties with the regime have not stopped Chinese hackers from repeatedly breaching the company&#8217;s systems and stealing sensitive data from millions of American citizens. On Monday, Microsoft <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/security\/blog\/2021\/11\/08\/threat-actor-dev-0322-exploiting-zoho-manageengine-adselfservice-plus\/?ranMID=24542&amp;ranEAID=kXQk6*ivFEQ&amp;ranSiteID=kXQk6.ivFEQ-nN23QwFJEKynkNY0jg8GCg&amp;epi=kXQk6.ivFEQ-nN23QwFJEKynkNY0jg8GCg&amp;irgwc=1&amp;OCID=AID2200057_aff_7593_1243925&amp;tduid=%28ir__uwovxmktpckf6jteyfw1kirajm2xo1wav0ggzvdi00%29%287593%29%281243925%29%28kXQk6.ivFEQ-nN23QwFJEKynkNY0jg8GCg%29%28%29&amp;irclickid=_uwovxmktpckf6jteyfw1kirajm2xo1wav0ggzvdi00\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> a Chinese hacking group was attacking its systems. The same group was behind the SolarWinds <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/security\/blog\/2021\/07\/13\/microsoft-discovers-threat-actor-targeting-solarwinds-serv-u-software-with-0-day-exploit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hack<\/a>, which accessed sensitive federal information from multiple government departments. Microsoft&#8217;s top scientist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nscai.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Full-Report-Digital-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> to Congress earlier this year that &#8220;China&#8217;s domestic use of AI is a chilling precedent for anyone around the world who cherishes individual liberty.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Two days after a major breach of Microsoft systems by Chinese hackers in March, Microsoft <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/microsoft-responds-to-china-cyber-attack-by-expanding-business-in-china\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> it would expand its cloud computing services in China.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Security The company frequently cooperates with Communist Party officials  Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates and Chinese premier Li Keqiang in 2017 (Thomas Peter\/AFP via Getty Images) &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":194,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1004120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1004120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/194"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1004120"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1004120\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1004120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1004120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1004120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}