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Will Chinese drone giant DJI fly the friendly skies under Joe Biden’s watch?
On a winter’s night in 2015, members of the US Secret Service rushed to investigate a disturbance at the White House lawn. There, they found a drone – identified as a hobbyist-operated Phantom FC40, made by Chinese firm SZ DJI Technology Co – that crashed into a tree.Scrutiny by US federal agencies on the security risks posed by Chinese-made drones, also known as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) or unmanned aerial systems (UAS), has steadily increased since then, according to analysts.Under…