The CCP literally revoked the visas of key DeepSeek engineers.
That's all we need to know.
That's all we need to know.
And how is that "all we need to know"? I'm not even sure what your implication is.
Is it that some CCP officials see DeepSeek engineers as adversarial somehow? Or that they are flight risks? What does it have to do with the NIST report?
There is a history of important Chinese personnel being kidnapped by e.g. the US when abroad. There is also a lot of talk in western countries about "banning Chinese [all presumed spies/propagandists/agents] from entering". On a good faith basis, one would think China banning people from leaving is a good thing that aligns with western desires, and should thus be applauded. So painting the policy as sinister tells me that the real desire is something entirely different.
No there isn't. China revoked their passport to keep them prisoners not to keep them safe.
"On a good faith basis, one would think China banning people from leaving is a good thing"
Why would anyone think imprisoning someone like this is a good thing?
Why do they let so many of their best researchers study at American schools, knowing the majority don't return
Like who? Meng Wanzhou?
There’s also Xu Yanjun and Su Bin, amongst others.
From a Chinese political perspective, this is a good move in the long term. From Deepseek's perspective, however, this is clearly NOT the case, as it causes the company to lose some (or even most?) of its competitiveness and fall behind in the race.
I don't follow. Why would DeepSeek engineers need visa from CCP?