SoftBank Faces Investment Difficulty in China as US Bans Chinese Military Firms

SoftBank Faces Investment Difficulty in China as US Bans Chinese Military Firms
A woman walks past a SoftBank mobile shop in Tokyo on November 8, 2021. KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP via Getty Images
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Japanese investment giant SoftBank has been bracing for successive financial losses in China, not only because of China’s tighter regulations, but also because its investment business in China’s artificial intelligence technology sector has fallen into the realm of the latest U.S. ban on the Chinese military.

Jenny Li
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Jenny Li has contributed to The Epoch Times since 2010. She has reported on Chinese politics, economics, human rights issues, and U.S.-China relations. She has extensively interviewed Chinese scholars, economists, lawyers, and rights activists in China and overseas.
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