China’s move to undo Meta’s acquisition of Manus was not surprising, but the lack of public criticism was, says Chong Ja Ian from the National University of Singapore. SINGAPORE: It was supposed to be a done deal: Last December, US tech giant Meta shelled out US$2 billion to buy Chinese-founded, Singapore-based artificial intelligence developer Manus. Yet, China’s move to unravel it four months later, on national security grounds, should not have surprised anyone.  What is more surprising is