Category: Luokung

Chinese Military Firms Challenge Pentagon to Reverse Trump’s Investment Ban

WASHINGTON—A Chinese smartphone maker won a key legal victory against the U.S. government this spring, which is expected to embolden more Chinese companies with military ties to challenge a Trump-era ban that prohibited U.S. investors from investing in their firms. The Department of Defense in May officially removed China’s Xiaomi, the world’s third-largest smartphone vendor, from…


FTSE Russell to Drop Xiaomi, Luokung From Indexes on US Order; Scraps AMEC Inclusion

SHANGHAI—Global index publisher FTSE Russell will drop Xiaomi and another high-tech firm from global and Chinese indexes, it said on Friday, and scrap inclusion of a semiconductor firm, in line with a U.S. executive order by President Donald Trump. The changes come after the Trump administration in January placed Xiaomi and eight other companies on…