Democracy is Under Threat: Mitsubishi, EPSON and Apple are supporting Chinese People's Liberation Army with Technology and Finance respectively

The registrated prospectus of BOZHON PRECISION INDUSTRY TECHNOLOGY CO.,LTD.(Bozhong) on 8 April 2021: The company's dual-use intelligence guided vehicle and dual-use high-precision testing equipment were awarded winning prize of the 2nd China Dual-use Technology Innovation Application Competition by the National Defense Science and Technology Bureau of the Communist China, the Equipment Development Department of the Military Commission and the Training Management Department of the Military Commission of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, etc.

Independent Director of Bozhong, Yuzhen Gong, graduated with a Ph.D. from the Strategic Research Department of the PLA Academy of Military Sciences, a researcher at the Strategic Research Department of the Academy of Military Sciences 1994-2004, a researcher at the National Development Research Institute of Peking University from 2004 to 2013, and a visiting scholar at Cornell University’s East Asian Research Center in 2006-2007.

Suzhou Wujiao Automation Equipment Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Bozhong, holds the "Weapon Equipment Quality Management System Certification Certificate" (Registration Number: 18QJ20099R0M), and The "Three-level Qualification Certificate for Weapon and Equipment Scientific Research and Production Units" issued by the Jiangsu Provincial State Secrets Bureau and the Jiangsu Provincial Office of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense. It mainly develops automation equipment and other businesses, and the application field focuses on the military industry, which belongs to the market of non-consumer electronic applications.

Bozhong Robotics, a subsidiary of Bozhong, and Suzhou Wujiao applied for a patent for a communication system for police suppression AGV dispatch, patent number: 2018206570549, applied on 14 May 2018, a patent for patrol robot, patent number 2018305437682 applied on 27 September 2018, a patrol car control system and patrol car, patent number 2018220335270, applied on 5 December 2018.

The top five overseas customers in 2017-2020 include Quanta Computer lnc., Apple and Foxconn, and Apple’s annual purchases from Bozhong, including automated assembly equipment and automated testing equipment, are more than 900 million Chinese Yuan. Bozhong is the largest supplier of automated assembly equipment in terms of sales in the Final Assembly Test & Package phase of Apple’s products in China. The company also has patents for security robots and outdoor patrol cars.

It could be expected that the Apple products made in China by PLA company are extremely insecure and likely to violate privacy of consumers. Apple financed PLA by purchasing products from PLA company Bozhong.

Bozhong is also suspected to be engaged with forced labour through labour outsoucing scheme which de facto deprives workers of nearly all rights and forces workers to accept low wages. All the Apple products made in China should be rejected at US Customs.

The top five suppliers of Bozhong include Keyence (China) Co., Ltd. (sensors, etc.), Cognex Vision Inspection System (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (imaging systems, etc.), Mitsubishi Motor Automation (China) Co., Ltd.,(robotic arms) , EPSON HONG KONG LIMITED (robotic arms), etc. What Bozhong purchased from Epson are the four-axis manipulator and six-axis manipulator industrial robot arms. The models are mainly RS3-351S/RC180, RS3-351S/RC700-A and C4-A601S/RC700.

Other major suppliers of Bozhong include SMC (China) Co., Ltd. and its subsidiary companies, ATEQ company and its affiliates, Singapore SYDQ Co., Ltd. Taiwan branch Suzhou Terui Te Robotics Co., Ltd., Shenzhen Axis Automation Technology Co., Ltd., Suzhou Yisheng Robot Technology Co., Ltd. and Misumi (China) Precision Machinery Trading Co., Ltd. Bozhong also purchases core components produced by EPSON, Panasonic, Mitsubishi, and SMC from Suzhou Yisheng and its subsidiaries.

But Bozhong stated in its prospectus that it also entered the Huawei's supplier system which is under technology export control of America. Bozhong provided the China Air-to-Air Missile Research Institute with a microstrip and cover plate automatic assembly production line (Despite the line unaccepted equivalent to free of charge after delivery,the balance of goods shipped to the institute increased every year from 2017 to 2020). The Chinese Communist Party’s military enterprise China Great Wall Computer Shenzhen Co., Ltd. was provided high-end fault-tolerant computer production lines at a price below cost (cost 17.0962 million yuan, price 15.242 million yuan) by Bozhong. All the enterprises mentioned in the paragraph are part of PLA that is subject to export control of USA.

The top five customers of Bozhong for the ending balance of accounts receivable in 2017-2020 include Apple operations (fully paid after the period), China Great Wall Computer Shenzhen Co., Ltd., and Guadiq Co., Ltd., etc.

Then all the suppliers of Bozhong may have violated American export control regulation.