The point being here is that the company ownership is setup in a complicate way, that is different than just being straight up controlled by china.
As in, there are apparently sub companies, that are in the US, not in china, that makes it different.
As in, there are apparently sub companies, that are in the US, not in china, that makes it different.
Sure, the US "sub companies" are located physically in the US and managed day-to-day by US-based employees but they are still owned by a Chinese parent company meaning at the end of the day, they still report to managers/executive in China and are obligated to follow directions given to them by people working for Chinese parent company. If the Chinese government cotrols the Chinese parent company then they, by definition, control the US-based company as well.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/12/18/zoom-he...