IBM venture with Chinese stirs concern
China's former military engineer now working with IBM to help Chinese firm absorb, build on IBM technology
Hong Kong
SHEN Changxiang, who once supervised the cybersecurity of China's strategic missile arsenal and spearheaded computer-security research for the navy, has warned of the perils of his country's reliance on American technology.
Yet in December, the 74-year-old former military engineer, one of China's top-ranking cyberofficials, quietly started working with a company synonymous with US technological prowess: IBM. His task is to help a little-known Chinese company absorb and build upon key technologies licensed by IBM, according to a statement posted on a Beijing government website.
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