Huawei: An unexpected symbol of technological threat
Chinese tech giant Huawei has become an unexpected symbol of "technological threat" as it poses danger to national security and economic integrity of the countries in which it operates, according to a report published in the Foreign Policy magazine.
A report titled, "Huawei is risky for Business as well
as Governments" said that Chinese company's extensive ties to the state
have both raised sharp concerns and foreign-policy professionals have suggested
serious risk to both national security and commercial activities.
Referring to a recent report from the Netherlands, the
article highlighted how Chinese telecom equipment supplier Huawei was accused
of monitoring all the phone conversations made through the Netherlands's
largest mobile network.
"This is important not just for evaluating this one
company but as a rubric to approach the threat stemming from the Chinese
Communist Party's techno-nationalist development strategies and its use of
nominally private firms -- to both national security and commercial
enterprises," Foreign Policy report said.
Although Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei admits having served in
China's military, however, he refuses to accept that the Chinese government and
the army were involved in the founding of his company.
According to the spokesperson for the company, Huawei's ties
with the government are "no different" from that of any other private
company in China. "But evidence showing a number of extraordinary measures
taken by Chinese officials to protect Huawei, both at home and abroad, suggests
otherwise," the Foreign Policy report added.
Evidence in several reports suggests that the state has
helped Huawei in times of trouble range from official threats against countries
that consider banning Huawei's participation in their 5G networks to what
appears "to be the use of hostage diplomacy of foreign citizens."This
report by the Foreign Policy magazine comes as a top company executive has
admitted that the Chinese tech giant was getting affected by the US sanctions,
and they are losing their smartphone market share to key rivals including Apple
and Samsung.
"In less than two years, the United States slapped four
rounds of sanctions against Huawei, with each round harsher than before. (The
sanctions) caused extreme difficulties to Huawei's consumer businesses and made
it impossible for us to ship our products," Richard Yu, the CEO of
Huawei's consumer business group, was quoted as saying in a social media post
by Sputnik.
Huawei Technologies Co. and ZTE Corp were designated as
national security threats by the US, saying they have close ties with the
Chinese Communist Party and China's military apparatus.
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