"Advertise with Stuff Kiwi tech firm exits problematic China partnership", 11 August 2021

A problematic partnership between a Chinese firm implicated in human rights abuses and a Government-backed Kiwi tech start-up has ended.

Auckland robotics company Rocos Global says it has been bought by a US drone company and no longer has financial links to China’s iFlytek, a firm blacklisted by the US Government over its involvement in the persecution of Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang.

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Rocos had refused to comment on the partnership with iFlytek beyond saying it was ‘’no longer involved in any projects’’ together.

Almost six months after the investigation, a Rocos spokeswoman confirmed the sale to DroneDeploy meant that iFlytek “no longer owns any shareholding directly or indirectly in Rocos nor in DroneDeploy”.