Top Pentagon official to meet with Google amid China concerns
- General Joseph Dunford says he has concerns that Google has backed away from Pentagon contracting while seeking to become more active in China
This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by John Hendel on politico.com on March 21, 2019.
A top Pentagon official again raised concerns today about Google’s business operations in China and said a meeting with the tech giant is on the books for next week.
Such work “indirectly benefits the Chinese military and creates a challenge for us in maintaining a competitive advantage,” Dunford said.
“We ought not to think it’s just about business when we do business in China,” he added, saying that any US company making such a venture is “going to help an authoritarian government assert control over its own population [and] enable the Chinese military to take advantage of the technology that is developed in the United States.”