China to Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta: We need to be sure that you have not broken any Chinese law on …

Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta recently made its third-largest acquisition. The parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp acquired Manus, an AI company with roots in China. Manus hit headlines globally in March 2025 when it introduced an AI agent, or tool, that could be directed to build websites and do other basic coding tasks on its own. The company came into focus just days after Chinese AI startup DeepSeek sent shockwaves across Wall Street with its AI model built at a far less budget than that of the leading American companies. This made many analysts call it China’s next DeepSeek, and the company was cheered by Chinese state television. The company months later moved its headquarters from China to Singapore, joining a wave of other Chinese companies that have done so to avoid getting caught in the US-China tensions.