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On May 15, according to users on social media such as Xiaohongshu and Maimai, Microsoft China has sent an internal email targeting hundreds of employees of its Azure cloud platform in China and other departments. The email asks if the employee would like to consider an international relocation location, including the United States, Australia, Ireland, and other countries.
It is worth mentioning that Microsoft said that it will take full responsibility for the employee's visa issue and will also take into account the required family visa. Microsoft expects employees to respond to the decision by June 7.
What is the truth behind this incident? Let's dive in!
1. Microsoft's move is a cause for thought
On May 15, Titanium Media announced a blockbuster news: Microsoft headquarters plans to relocate its AI research team in China to the United States or Australia under the canopy. This decision, including hundreds of employees, has far-reaching implications on a large scale. Before June 7, employees who are pressed by deadlines must make a dilemma in their lives: either welcome the bright American sunshine and step into the paradise of the world's top technology; Or choose to pick up a large sum of money and find a new professional future in China.
Microsoft, the world's first-class technology giant, is like a huge wave on the changing sea, rushing towards the face, causing countless inquiries and doubts. "What exactly is Microsoft going to do?" People wonder, "Are they taking people and technology away, is this a strategic realignment or is there a deeper motive?" As we wondered, we began to imagine the meaning behind Microsoft's move, whether it was a "cutting" behavior caused by the tension of technology competition, or a simple strategic adjustment.
Microsoft's withdrawal is not only the hundreds of employees who depend on it for survival, but also those domestic AI technologies that have deep roots in the bones. The employees who are caught up in it are wandering around, they are always weighing risks, facing problems, but also with deep confusion, where will they find their own stage, how can they find their place under the wave of technology?
Leaving China, Microsoft is like a surface stone, wrapped in technological conflicts, economic factors or contradictions in China's technological development? These are these questions that need to be considered not only by China, but also by the whole world.
2. Similarities with the withdrawal of Microsoft, Micron, Qualcomm
As we try to understand Microsoft's surprise, a historical feature film unfolds before our eyes. The lens slowly focuses, and the protagonists in it are two familiar names - Micron and Qualcomm. Yes, both tech giants have made a similar decision in the recent past, like Microsoft, to withdraw some of their business from China. It was as if they had picked up an invisible knife and cut off part of their skin in China.
Micron, a giant with top memory chip technology, mysteriously disbanded its Shanghai R&D center in 2022, and while categorically leaving the sales and testing department, it selected 40 core R&D personnel and gave them the status of "skilled immigrants" in the United States. This has led to many doubts about the withdrawal of key technical sectors, and at the same time, it has aroused deep curiosity about the symbolism of "skilled migration".
Qualcomm, as the legendary wireless communication boss, will naturally not be willing to lag behind in 2023. When the news of layoffs spread on the Internet, as well as rumors about "evacuating Shanghai" and "closing offices", the stones of the center fell. In fact, Qualcomm's layoffs are not only for China, but for 5% of employees worldwide, and the mobile division has become the hardest hit area.
At the same time, in the face of the rise of Huawei's smartphones and the return of Kirin chips, Qualcomm is actually doing similar operations to Micron, disbanding the WiFi R&D team in Shanghai and retaining R&D positions in other positions. Those who originally worked in the Shanghai WiFi team suddenly found that their future was uncertain, and they were all telling the story of this end.
Unconsciously, we found that Microsoft's "Great Evacuation" was not an isolated or unexpected event, but more like a conspiracy drama of a multinational company. From Micron to Qualcomm to Microsoft, these technology giants seem to be playing a well-prepared chess game, pulling us step by step to a common focus - "technology migration" symbolized by the movement of technology giants and technical talents.
They are all silently expressing a common message: in the era of globalization, the tech giants choose to bring their "aristocratic talents" out of China, which undoubtedly declares a self-evident "cutting".
What does the seemingly subtle but far-reaching concept of "skilled migration" symbolize? Is it really a simple strategy by the tech giants, or is there a more elaborate plan behind it?
3. The truth behind the U.S.-China technological tension
In the blink of an eye, the veil of "skilled immigration" was quietly lifted, and it turned out that the transfer actions of the major technology giants we observed along the way were not just the strategic adjustment of individual companies, but a kind of "tremor" from a global perspective. They are nothing more than finding a way to protect themselves against the backdrop of technological tensions between China and the United States.
China, has transformed from a country marginalized in science and technology to a competitor with strong scientific and technological strength, Huawei, Xiaomi, OPPO, Lenovo, these names you are familiar with, have emerged on the global stage, whether it is 5G network, AI technology or chip research and development, China's strides have obviously attracted global attention. Behind the glory, the smell of gunpowder from the technological conflict between China and the United States has gradually thickened, like gunpowder smoke slowly emerging on the field.
Huawei was banned, TikTok was threatened, the focus of the struggle is undoubtedly quietly turning to the field of key technologies, the ban on the sale of high-end chips, the restriction on the sale of advanced equipment, and the suspension of patent technology licensing are pouring down, 50 years after the Korean War, technology has become a new battlefield, and we are on the verge of war.
If you look at your surroundings, you will find that the "skilled immigrants" chosen by the tech giants are actually a kind of silent resistance, a kind of Cold War provocation. They are announcing to the world that we would rather take our technology with us than be silent under intense pressure. The decisions of these companies show a kind of tension, an image of the accelerating division between China and the United States.
It's like a warning from a pastor in a church pulpit, a bad sign. We can no longer dismiss this series of events as an accident, a warning, a trend, a harbinger of possible long-term effects. The friction between the tech giants is actually a global tech war that is beginning to heat up, and behind it is the conflict between two tech giants, China and the United States.
As with all conflicts and wars in history, this will cause some "innocent" losses, and those who are really "innocent" in this "evacuation" are our R&D personnel, who are involved in this whirlpool, and their future, their fate, is hanging in this storm.
This scientific and technological war, on the one hand, is a competition between China and the United States for advantages in the field of science and technology, and on the other hand, it is also a challenge to the future development of science and technology. The outcome of this war will directly affect the status of the two countries in the field of science and technology, as well as the future of the global technology industry. The emergence of the concept of "cutting seats" suggests the possibility of a new technological landscape. Are you curious about how China will respond to this sudden technological "storm"?
4. China's response and future prospects
In the face of this sudden technological storm, China did not choose to flee, did not choose to remain silent, and did not choose to bow its head. On the contrary, China raised its head, gritted its teeth, and chose to straighten its spine and rise to the challenge.
How to deal with this technological storm? What did China do? China's answer is: "Independent R&D." This is a strong and clear answer. Whether it is Huawei's 5G technology or Alibaba's big data, China shows that we have the ability to build our own technology circle, and we have the ability to develop ourselves and build our own technology ecosystem.
Independent research and development is not just a slogan, it is a practical response to the technological war between China and the United States. Watching these tech giants fade out of China, we seem to see a new rise in China's technological strength. Those by China's delicate brains, with all their efforts, the bright pearls of science and technology began to shine in the Chinese sky. This is a brand-new curtain, a gorgeous scientific and technological drama written by China with its own wisdom and efforts.
Independent research and development is not an easy task, which requires huge financial support, an excellent R&D team, and a good soil for innovation. It is precisely these conditions that China has, which makes independent research and development possible. This also shows that China is not only resisting the technological storm, but also urging its own scientific and technological strength to a higher level through the technological storm. Just like the seagull that has been through the storm, after the storm, it will be more resilient and tenacious.
Epilogue:
The withdrawal of tech giants has revealed an important truth in the tech world: tech tensions between China and the US are heating up, and China has not run away or stopped, but has chosen to stick to it and use its own efforts and wisdom to create its own tech world. The next time we talk about China's technology, it may no longer be a comparison with the United States, but China's own glory.
China is leading a unique technological revolution, and we look forward to China setting sail with its own ark in the future technological world and continuing to promote the progress of science and technology.
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