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Huawei laptop teardown shows China’s steps toward tech self-sufficiency

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Chinese officials have dreamt of creating a domestic tech supply chain, especially in building-block components like semiconductors.

Washington ’s ratcheting embargo on high-tech goods has spurred Beijing to redouble its efforts.

Chinese officials are combining the heft of state spending and financial support with top-down directives to buy local tech.

Huawei ’s Qingyun laptop, tested by the FT, also contains Chinese software running on the local hardware. The device ran on the Chinese -made Unity Operating System , based on Linux . Users can play music, edit photos, or create Word documents and spreadsheets, similar to a Windows machine. But all of the applications are made in China ..