China orders government, state firms to dump foreign PCs

The exercise is likely to eventually replace at least 50 million PCs on a central-government level alone. - PEXELS

BEIJING (Bloomberg): China has ordered central government agencies and state-backed corporations to replace foreign-branded personal computers with domestic alternatives within two years, marking one of Beijing’s most aggressive efforts so far to eradicate key overseas technology from within its most sensitive organs.

Staff were asked after the week-long May break to turn in foreign PCs for home-made alternatives that run on operating software developed domestically, people familiar with the plan said.