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Australia recently blocked a proposal to sell the largest power grid in the country to a Chinese bidder. Describing the Chinese reaction as hypocritcal would b
by khuey 10y ago
Australia recently blocked a proposal to sell the largest power grid in the country to a Chinese bidder. Describing the Chinese reaction as hypocritcal would be charitable.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-08-17/china-calls-australia-protectionist-for-blocking-ausgrid-bid-irynga37 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-08-17/china-call...
- ting_bu_dung 10y agoSo I can't own or invest in a small internet company in China, yet Australia is protectionist when it wont sell critical infrastructure...
- walrus01 10y agoThe Canadian feds blocked the sale of AllStream (formerly AT&T Canada), a dark fiber, WDM transport and IP network ISP to an Egyptian company on national security grounds. Likely because AllStream has a shitload of contracts for backbone links into federal government facilities. So instead they sold it to Zayo, the US telecom giant. At least from an ISP industry insider perspective Zayo is trustworthy and has the precedent of providing some 'critical' circuits for different US federal agencies. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/allstream-sale-to-accelero-rejected-over-national-security-1.1929191 http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/allstream-sale-to-acc...