SpaceX moves to keep Chinese nationals, parts out of supply chain

TAIPEI -- U.S. rocket and satellite maker SpaceX is taking aggressive measures to ensure there is no Chinese influence on its operations or supply chains to safeguard the production of technologies critical to American national security, multiple sources told Nikkei Asia. Elon Musk-led SpaceX has sent teams to audit existing and prospective suppliers and is instructing partners across its vast global supply chain not to assign or employ Chinese nationals at facilities producing products for SpaceX, or to use systems or equipment made by Chinese companies, the people said.