The Chinese Military Network Behind the World’s Third-Largest Cell Phone Maker
Xiaomi was blacklisted by the Trump administration as a military-owned company controlled by the CCP
Xiaomi, the world’s third-largest cell phone maker and China’s second-largest, denied its connections to the military after it was blacklisted by the Trump administration as a military-owned company controlled by the CCP, but a closer look at the background and connections of its founder and CEO, Lei Jun, led to the discovery of a huge and tightly interwoven network of ties with the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) military.
Xiaomi: Blacklisted and Denial