Intel CEO Invested In Chinese Firms

LIP-BU TAN, THE man chosen to lead Intel, the US' largest chip maker, has invested in hundreds of Chinese tech firms, including at least eight with links to the People's Liberation Army, according to a Reuters review of Chinese and US corporate filings.

- REUTERS

The appointment last month of Tan, one of Silicon Valley's longest-running investors in Chinese tech, as CEO of a company that manufactures cutting-edge chips for the US Department of Defense raised questions among some investors about the extent of his ongoing involvement with businesses in China.