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Silicon Valley Skeptical of Washington's China Concerns
They call it the Trump effect.


Increased government scrutiny

of Chinese investments

in Silicon Valley

has meant

some deals are not getting done.


Some aren't even considered.


Startups are even declining Chinese investment.


After years of growing ties

between China and Silicon Valley,

the U.S. tech capital is caught

between Beijing and Washington

in the competition

to create the next generation of communication technologies.


"China's innovation efforts are broad and deep.


China wants to be a global innovation leader

and is doing all that it can legally and illegally

to achieve its goals."


The U.S. says

those methods include massive cyber-hacking campaigns

to steal corporate secrets,

forced technology transfers

to Chinese partners,

and government policies

that reward intellectual property theft.


The U.S. government wants new barriers up

because it believes

some technologies,

such as artificial intelligence and robotics,

are important

to national security.


But many in the tech industry see risk

in new restrictions.


"I think

we should be open and sharing

and both countries benefit so much

by having a very open communication lane there.


I believe

we have a problem

that we are putting up barriers

where they don't benefit us."


Chinese companies are already racing

to build 5G wireless communication networks

around the world,

which the U.S. says risks

giving Beijing enormous opportunities

for electronic surveillance.


While Washington wants to make sure

the U.S. wins the technology race,

Silicon Valley worries

its culture of open communication is at stake.


Michelle Quinn, VOA News, San Francisco
 

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