I think it signifies that the Chinese capacity in office PCs from software to hardware is now so wide that it makes sense. It will also act as subsidy for the c

I think it signifies that the Chinese capacity in office PCs from software to hardware is now so wide that it makes sense. It will also act as subsidy for the components that are maybe uncompetitive at this point (Chinese CPUs vs. Intel/AMD, Chinese desktop OS vs. Windows). For example this is looks like decent machine that probably runs Linux very well: https://www.tomshardware.com/news/lenovo-notebook-packs-zhaoxin-cpu https://www.tomshardware.com/news/lenovo-notebook-packs-zhao... Lenovo Selects China-Made Zhaoxin CPU For N7 Ultrabook But maybe is not competitive with the latest Intel/AMD-based alternative. I doubt surveillance is a goal as these are public sector PCs and thus already "clean"; maybe if they rolled it out by decree to private users ...