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Probably a minority opinion here, but I think China will provide services to anyone who wants to pay, including US companies. They are trying to win an economic
by mark_l_watson 8y ago
Probably a minority opinion here, but I think China will provide services to anyone who wants to pay, including US companies. They are trying to win an economic ‘war’ not conduct cyber attacks via 5G gear.
The US does have a plan to fight back: pressuring our allies to not do business with China.
Anyway, I would like my country to fight an economic war based on great products and infrastructure. This means for a start getting rid of the corruption in the FCC that panders to outdated tech companies (cable) as well as excelllent tech companies like Verizon.
And our great products should interop with China’s infrastructure also. I think a rising tide can lift all boats.
- PostOnce 8y agoWe can't fight a fair "based on great products and infrastructure" economic war when one side is playing by different rules -- e.g. industrial espionage, copyright and patent violation, requiring Chinese ownership of foreign companies operating there, extortion ("you can't do business here unless you disavow taiwan/tibet/whatever"), forcing our companies to build products that support the great firewall or mass censorship or whatever else. It sort of feels like China is sitting in an old west saloon cheating at poker and yet acts surprised when someone pulls a gun and calls them on it. (The gun being a metaphor for tariffs, banning huawei/zte, arresting executive officers, etc -- in other words, forceful action.)