Published along the initial story were strong refutations from Apple, Amazon, Super Micro and Chinese Goverment. Some of them suggested that this is not the fis

Published along the initial story were strong refutations from Apple, Amazon, Super Micro and Chinese Goverment. Some of them suggested that this is not the fist request from Bloomberg, so much that companies got annoyed to refute baseless speculations (see Apple response). So Bloomberg consulted with the companies and published despite the strong denials from all sides.