A Troubled Road for TP-Link

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TP-Link is having a tough year. The California-based, Shenzhen-founded internet router company can’t seem to shake skepticism that moving to the United States means it is no longer Chinese.

This week, reporters Noah Berman and Savannah Billman return to the podcast to discuss the strange story of TP-Link. In a bid to shed its Chinese origins and sell in the U.S. market, the company’s owner Jeffrey Chao brought his entire family to the Golden State and restructured the firm. But, as Noah reports, the router company's American Dream is caught up in the U.S. government’s suspicion of Chinese tech companies.

We’ll also have a Q&A with Jonathan Cheng, the Wall Street Journal's China bureau chief, on his new book exploring North Korea’s founder Kim Il Sung’s Christian background.

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