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一份投资者名单显示，一名与中国军工承包商有关联的商人及卡塔尔王室关联实体，曾在SpaceX私有期间入股。SpaceX业务依赖为五角大楼制造间谍卫星等敏感政府项目。尽管美国未禁止中国投资军工承包商，但监管严格。上周SpaceX因“监管合规风险”禁止中国及香港投资者参与其IPO，美方指控中国利用敏感行业投资进行间谍活动并获取尖端技术。
A businessman with ties to Chinese military contractors was among the overseas investors who acquired stakes in SpaceX while it was still a private company. An entity linked to the Qatari royal family also took a stake.
The new details come from a private investor list obtained by ProPublica that sheds light on a particularly delicate issue for Elon Musk’s rocket company: which people in countries like China bought into the company, and how. SpaceX built its business off sensitive US government work like making spy satellites for the Pentagon. While there is no ban on Chinese investment in US military contractors, such investment is heavily regulated.
In a sign of its sensitivity to the concerns, SpaceX barred investors from China and Hong Kong from buying shares in its initial public offering last week due to “regulatory and compliance risks,” Bloomberg reported. The US government alleges that China has a strategy of using investments in sensitive industries for espionage and to get access to cutting-edge technology.Read full article
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