Re:Hobbling Huawei: Inside the U.S. war on China’s tech giant
by cfarm on Tuesday May 21, 2019 @06:18PM
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China can distribute its goods to the world, but the world cannot distribute its goods to it. I think this is part of the issue. i.e. Huawei can sell its tech to the US, but Google/Amazon/FB is more or less blocked in China. Countries obviously understand that they all spy on each other, maybe this is US' way of making sure tactics are "fair"?
The US does not view China as an ally, it's a competitor that the US sometimes cooperates with economically.
The US and its allies are saying they prefer to keep the spying inside their own allied domain. That's not only entirely rational, it obviously makes perfect sense from a national self-interest standpoint.
As an American, if I get to choose, I'm buying my 5G tech from European or Asian allies. I'll happily pay more for it.
The US isn't saying China can't spy, it's universally understood that China is spying and will keep trying to, just as the US will. The US is basically openly saying it's going to attempt to counter or limit that spying, because China is a global rival in all regards. Just as China will always attempt to limit the ability of the US to spy on China and its interests. The same goes for Russia and its spying, going all the way back to the early days of the USSR.