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> Sputnik was a national security matter and ZTE is a case about commerce. China views not having full control of semiconductors and operating systems (desktop
by gkanai 8y ago
> Sputnik was a national security matter and ZTE is a case about commerce.
China views not having full control of semiconductors and operating systems (desktop and smartphone) as a national security matter.
- SilasX 8y agoAnd not unreasonably, given the possibility of putting backdoors into these.