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China's BGI Genomics loses access to Microsoft's office software

U.S. tech giant's license with Huawei recently lapsed

20250404 a genetic testing laboratory of BGI

Technicians work at a genetic testing laboratory of BGI, formerly known as Beijing Genomics Institute, in Kunming, China, in December 2018. © Reuters

STELLA YIFAN XIE and CISSY ZHOU
April 4, 2025 15:07 JST

HONG KONG -- U.S. tech giant Microsoft is no longer providing office software applications, including email services, to Chinese genetic research company BGI Genomics, Nikkei Asia has learned.

A number of Office 365 services, including Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Teams are no longer accessible to BGI employees, according to multiple employees and a screenshot of an internal email sent on Thursday and reviewed by Nikkei Asia.

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