Talk:Lenovo

Is Lenovo Chinese or American (or both)

There has recently been some edit conflicts about whether Lenovo is Chinese or American (or "Chinese/American"). I lean towards it being Chinese because the main argument for Lenovo being American is that it has an "operational headquarters" in NC (there is also one in Beijing, and the main HQ is in Hong Kong). The company originated in China, is managed mostly by Chinese citizens, and is traded on the Hong Kong stock exchange. Also, see all the sources cited in the article which call it a Chinese company. Lenovo doesn't become American because it bought the Thinkpad from IBM and has a base in Morrisville. Amazon has a European HQ in Luxembourg and it bought British-created IMDb, does that make it European? 2600:1004:B096:6C3:9782:FC35:7AA1:8D25 (talk) 21:12, 26 October 2022 (UTC)

@2600:1004:B096:6C3:9782:FC35:7AA1:8D25 American definitely 2001:BC8:1E00:8415:0:0:0:1 (talk) 20:21, 6 January 2023 (UTC)

FYI the edit warring is likely due to the activity of the "Linde PLC vandal".

See here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Long-term_abuse/Linde_plc_vandal CameronNemo (talk) 19:33, 17 August 2023 (UTC)

Someone seems to take great care to keep that claim here. I've checked this page in other languages and most say it's Chinese... 77.118.229.80 (talk) 17:12, 2 March 2024 (UTC)

Someone changes to it to Chinese-American every month. I see no reason to list it as such because the company was founded in China by Chinese citizens. Can we stop this somehow ? Forest576 (talk) 19:53, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

It's operational HQ is in the United States ; the Beijing HQ only manages strategic decisions and investor relations. Auguste76840 (talk) 12:12, 14 March 2026 (UTC)

Agreed. All but one of the cited sources describe it in their titles as a Chinese company, and the final source ultimately concurs in its body. Ahhwhereami (talk) 12:09, 17 March 2026 (UTC)

Missing Product Section

I know "original research" is forbidden or I'd fix this article myself. It's missing a Lenovo Tablet section. I came here to learn about the "Lenovo Tab P12", but I guess it isn't "significant"?172.113.33.43 (talk) 03:19, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

Update to U.S. Marine Network Security Breach section

The bottom of the page has a section called "U.S. Marine Network Security Breach" that alleges Lenovo secretly installed spy chips on U.S. military equipment for China. The section is cited to this Bloomberg story. However, NPOV requires summarizing major viewpoints with due weight. Therefore, I think the section should also include this Gizmodo story criticizing Bloomberg's investigation.

The Gizmodo article says the Bloomberg investigation is "widely disputed" and "drew widespread criticism from other journalists and commentators...It’s a wild report and was summarily panned as questionable, at best." Specifically, "The primary complaint is that it lacks hard evidence and is instead based largely on anonymous sources whose claims cannot be fact-checked by third parties — a common complaint against reports based on unnamed sources..."

Pursuant to WP:COI, I'm requesting an impartial editor consider my request to balance the section with the Gizmodo story. I can put together a draft couple sentences upon request. Best regards. StuartGill (talk) 15:08, 19 September 2023 (UTC)

[Note: StuartGill pinged me on my talk page to take a look at this; I don't know why me in particular and I don't usually respond to direct requests to jump a queue but actually following the COI rules shouldn't result in having the request sit silently for half a year.]

Hi, I agree the Gizmodo article strongly disagrees with the Bloomberg report, but a quick google isn't giving me any other sources disputing it, and plenty agreeing. Could you point me at some other sources making similar arguments? I'm reluctant to highlight too strongly the argument of one source among many uncritically reporting the Bloomberg story, though I agree the section could use some balance in that direction. Rusalkii (talk) 18:38, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

Query: Rescue series of laptop

I am wondering why Lenovo's Rescue series of laptops is not mentioned in the article. Luigi.a.cruz (talk) 09:23, 14 June 2025 (UTC)

Lenovo is Chinese-American on the operational sense.

I see no reason why the short description only refers to it as Chinese. It was founded in China, yes. But it's global operational HQ is undeniably in the United States. The Beijing HQ mainly serves the mainland market + corporate strategy and investor relations, but most other things like supply chain organisation, etc. are managed from the US Auguste76840 (talk) 12:14, 14 March 2026 (UTC)

Literally nobody recognizes it as that. Inpops (talk) 17:31, 7 April 2026 (UTC)

Fair enough. Auguste76840 (talk) 00:03, 22 April 2026 (UTC)