[vxNsr]

I thought that had to do with the fact that they're a chinese owned company and if say the CIA makes a large order (or any order really) the chinese government might step in and force malware to be installed.

[skuhn]

I can't see why it would matter, since literally every laptop is made in China already. Plus the vast majority of computer components.

[hurin]

Maybe it's too much of a risk if exposed for the manufacturing industry had they added a backdoor to a foreign customer's component without their knowledge?

As opposed to Lenovo agreeing to implement a backdoor? I'm not sure either.