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Analysis: Which large publicly traded Chinese tech company received "courtesy copies" of HRC's emails/data from her private server??
In the above linked Qpost #3045, Q links to a Hill Article (https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/404192-fbi-denies-trump-claim-that-china-hacked-clintons-private-email), which in turn references POTUS tweets that are referencing a story in this article: https://dailycaller.com/2018/08/27/china-hacked-clinton-server/
Key quote from Daily Caller article:
“When [the ICIG] did a very deep dive, they found in the actual metadata — the data which is at the header and footer of all the emails — that a copy, a ‘courtesy copy,’ was being sent to a third party and that third party was a known Chinese public company that was involved in collecting intelligence for China,” the former intelligence officer told TheDCNF.
“The [the ICIG] believe that there was some level of phishing. But once they got into the server something was embedded,” he said.
The intelligence officer declined to name the Chinese company.
“We do know the name of the company. There are indications there are other ‘cutouts’ that were involved. I would be in a lot of trouble if I gave you the name,” he told TheDCNF.
The Fairfax and Loudoun county governments told TheDCNF that 13 state-owned Chinese companies operate in the area. Of those, three were not technologically oriented.
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What's striking is that the former intelligence officer interviewed in the Daily Caller article is too afraid to expose the "well known Chinese public company" along with it's "cut-outs"– thus, it must be a BIG player– massive diplomatic/nat'l sec implications.
Below is a list of the 5 biggest publicly traded tech companies in China as of yr end 2017:
"With that in mind, here are five of the largest and most influential Chinese software companies.
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China Mobile
Like many major Chinese companies, China Mobile Ltd. (CHL) is state-owned. The company is primarily a mobile service provider, not a software designer, but it does boast a large software team among its nearly 240,000 employees. Based out of Beijing, China Mobile reaches more than 800 million subscribers and, by that measure, it is the world's largest phone company. Most of China Mobile's customer base is Chinese, although it reaches into Pakistan and Hong Kong. It has a $195.62 billion market cap.
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Tencent
Shenzen-based Tencent Holdings Ltd. (TCEHY) is a Chinese social networking giant. Its WeChat messaging app claimed more than one billion monthly users in 2018, its social networking website QZone reported 629 million users and its instant messaging service had a whopping 820 million monthly users. To put that in perspective, that is more than twice the population of the United States. Tencent's valuation is $534 billion. The company has many U.S.-based software investments, and reports suggest Tencent wants WeChat to be an American brand, too.
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Alibaba
As the world's largest e-commerce retailer, moving more than double the product volume of Amazon (AMZN) and eBay (EBAY) combined, there is a case to be made for Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. (BABA) as the most important Chinese software company.The firm offers its own payment and banking service, Alipay. Alibaba has also invested in a number of U.S. startups, including video messaging application Snapchat and the car service Lyft.
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Baidu
Baidu, Inc. (BIDU) was founded in 2000 by Robin Li (Li Yanhong), who spent much of the 1990s working as a software developer for the Wall Street Journal, among others. Baidu consistently ranks as the top online search engine in China.
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Xiaomi
Sometimes referred to as the Apple of China, Xiaomi (XIACF) is a handset and smartphone manufacturer with a short sales history and oodles of potential. In late 2014, Xiaomi was valued above $45 billion. Billing itself as an internet company, It went public on the Hong Kong exchange in mid-2018, and had a bit of a rough start – shares fell 6% on its opening day. But it subsequently recovered, and now has a market cap of $56.4 billion.
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https://www.investopedia.com/articles/markets/032616/5-biggest-chinese-software-companies-chl-tcehy.asp
Whichever one it is, it operates in the Fairfax VA according to the former intel officer interviewed in Daily Caller Article.
If I were to guess, I would say Tencent– just a hunch. Interesting that they own Weichat, and FB wants to "death-blossom" into the WeiChat of the US.