
Very smart moves compared to Kaspersky's complete tone-deafness in the geopolitical-economic landscape. The two orgs might be a good playbook for existing Chinese businesses to keep their eggs in two baskets as well, especially after the TikTok ban. Globalism was a bad idea for everyone, but especially for corporations, as it's advantageous for a multinational corporation to split itself up into territorial compartments, otherwise you get messes not only like this, but even Microsoft has had issues with various governments and how data is handled between them. You just can't expect to effortlessly do business when the egos of various despots can potentially bring your entire empire down.