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The article focuses on Republican lawmakers questioning Microsoft's president, Brad Smith, about the company's business operations in China following a cyberattack using Microsoft systems, highlighting concerns over security and the balance between commercial interests and national security.

The article focuses on the debate among leaders of American technology company Microsoft over the future of its artificial intelligence (AI) laboratory in China amidst the mounting tensions between the U.S. and China on the issue of which nation will lead the world's technological future. Cited are the questioning faced by Microsoft from U.S. officials on the issue of maintaining a technologies lab in China is tenable, and the restriction of company researchers from politically sensitive work.

The article reports on the announcement by LinkedIn that it is closing its professional networking service in China in late 2021 due to challenging operating environment and many compliance requirements. Also cited are the comment by LinkedIn owner Microsoft that it will offer a new application (app) for the Chinese market, and the tight censorship of the Internet in the country.

The article reports on the efforts of electronic commerce company Amazon to avoid disruptions from the 2019 novel coronavirus. Topics mentioned include the shutdown of factories in China that produce the world's goods, Amazon's response to the crisis by making larger orders of Chinese-made products that had already been shipped to the U.S., and its case study on how a large retailer deals with the fallout from the coronavirus and what may lie ahead for other stores.