“Chinese infrastructure barely affected by MS-led ‘IT chaos'”

Foreign media outlets have reported that China’s infrastructure was barely affected by the ‘IT disaster’ caused by Microsoft (MS) Cloud.

On the 20th, Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported through industry sources and social media posts that despite the IT disaster caused by Microsoft, major infrastructure in China, including Chinese airlines, international airports, and financial institutions, were operating normally without any interruption.

Because public services in China were largely unaffected, Microsoft’s Chinese websites and social media accounts did not post any emergency notices.

This incident occurred when the US IT security company CrowdStrike, while updating its security software, caused a conflict with the MS operating system Windows, causing problems with MS cloud services. The ‘blue screen of death’ phenomenon occurred, in which computer screens suddenly turned blue, and major systems around the world stopped.

The SCMP analyzed that the reason why China’s infrastructure was relatively free amid the global IT crisis was because China’s dependence on foreign service providers such as Microsoft and CrowdStrike had decreased. This can also be interpreted as a result of China’s pursuit of scientific and technological independence due to decoupling (separation of supply chains, etc.) from the United States.

Foreign media also reported that Hong Kong was not spared from the IT crisis, with flight operations and check-in services delayed or suspended and foreign companies and global hotel chains operating in China experiencing system problems.

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