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Good morning from the newsroom of the Financial Times.

Today is Monday, December 9th. Good morning from the newsroom of the Financial Times.

Today is Monday, December 9th, and this is your FT news briefing.

China's government is making a complete switch to domestic computer technology.

The FBI is treating a U.S. naval-based shooting as an apparent terrorist attack.

It's a break from how the White House is treating it.

And UK officials are skeptical in Boris Johnson's ability to get Brexit done and the time frame he's promising.

Plus I'll take a look at why, even though Northern Ireland is so vulnerable to Mr Johnson's Brexit deal. It's had a minor role in the UK election so far.

I'm Mark Filipino and here's the news you need to start your day.

Beijing has ordered all government offices and public institutions to remove foreign computer equipment and software.

The move is part of a broader campaign to increase China's reliance on homemade technologies.

It's similar to what the Trump administration has done to curb the use of Chinese technology in the US.

Earlier this year, Washington banned American companies from doing business with the Chinese telecoms equipment maker

Huawei.

The directive by the Chinese government will be a big one to take on.

Analysts at the broker China Securities say that between 20 million and 30 million pieces

of hardware will need to be swapped out.

Analysts also say it will be tough to replace the software with domestic alternatives.

Most software vendors develop products for U.S operating systems such as Microsoft Windows and Apple's

Mac OS.

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