Now, a joke that went viral online has put Yue Hai on the map amid the escalating US-China tech war. “Rather than China, it seems the US government has started a tech war with Yue Hai. One Yue Hai district company that has so far avoided the heat in the tech war is Tencent, operator of social media platform WeChat, whose CEO Pony Ma Huateng also brought up the viral joke in remarks at a Shenzhen tech summit over the weekend. During lunch hour in Yue Hai earlier this week, we spoke with young scientists, engineers and programmers to get their take on the tech war. “Huawei and China’s high-tech manufacturing will be heavily hit if the tech war continues.

Source: The Star May 30, 2019 06:00 UTC