Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Nonproliferation Christopher Ford said in 2019 that the [[PRC]]'s technology giants, including Alibaba, Baidu, and Tencent, had “become deeply enmeshed in Beijing’s system of oppression at home and its increasingly assertive strategic ambitions globally.” | Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Nonproliferation Christopher Ford said in 2019 that the [[PRC]]'s technology giants, including Alibaba, Baidu, and Tencent, had “become deeply enmeshed in Beijing’s system of oppression at home and its increasingly assertive strategic ambitions globally.” |