economy - Patriottic sentiments hit also Dell, Lenovo

Bingfeng Teahouse reports on this other sino-US trade war where Dell tries to mobilize anti-Chinese feelings m,ong IBM customers. Supposedly coming from the email of a Dell sales person:

"From a IBM perspective, and please do not think I'm throwing stones. As you know Lenovo is a Chinese government owned company that recently purchased IBM's desktop/notebook business. While the US government has given its stamp of approval (no US secrets are in jeopardy) to continue to purchase these units people must understand that every dollar they spend on these IBM systems is directly supporting/funding the Chinese government."

More links at Bingfeng's page and certainly worthwhile to investigate.