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Sunday, April 21st 10:03pm
The Powers That Be would rather consign us to mediocre mobile connectivity than allow 5G networking equipment from China. Boo.
Ostensibly we’re worried about China using Huawei’s equipment to spy on us. (Hi, where were you guys when we outsourced all our manufacturing to China?) Funny, the Chinese government uses the same excuse to ban Google and Facebook in their own country. It’s not about censorship, they say. China bans American internet services to shield its citizens from foreign surveillance!
It’s protectionism. If China hadn’t preemptively banned Google and Facebook, Baidu and Tencent might not have gained enough market share to grow into massive conglomerates.
So we’re blocking Huawei to give Qualcomm, Nokia, and Ericsson a chance to catch up. I don’t know, I’d rather roll the dice and gamble on the off-chance China might spy on me, than the guarantee that the US government will. Remember PRISM? Germany seems more amenable to having Huawei build their 5G infrastructure after the NSA was caught monitoring Angela Merkel’s cell phone.Recently:
Besides, Chinese surveillance is less concerning than the NSA because there’s a distribution of power. China can’t punish an American for wrongthink the way it disappears its own citizens....MORE
"The Register paid a visit to Huawei's HQ in Dongguan, China"
"How the U.S. Can Prepare to Live in China’s 5G World"
"Whoa: The U.S. Defense Innovation Board Says China May Be Uncatchable In The Race To Tech Dominance"
