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China Dodges Global Tech Meltdown: The Perks of a Homegrown “Splinternet”
China dodged the global “blue screen of death” crisis thanks to minimal use of CrowdStrike and reliance on domestic tech giants like Alibaba and Tencent.
Hot Take:
While the rest of the world was crying over their crashed computers, China was sipping tea and enjoying a glitch-free Friday. Who knew that avoiding American cybersecurity software and Microsoft could make you the cool kid on the cyber block?
Key Points:
- China largely escaped global IT outages because it rarely uses American cybersecurity software like CrowdStrike.
- Chinese companies rely on domestic cloud providers such as Alibaba, Tencent, and Huawei.
- Complaints about IT outages in China mostly came from foreign firms and organizations.
- China has been systematically replacing foreign IT systems with domestic ones, creating a “splinternet.”
- Local partners like 21Vianet manage Microsoft services in China independently, insulating essential services from global disruptions.
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