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So if a Chinese telecom wants to do business globally, it has to exclude all CCP members and avoid state intelligence personals all together?

• habnds 7y ago
  > ...goes well beyond Huawei making normal hires and some happen to come from military backgrounds. For instance, Huawei employees list representing or working for Chinese state security or military agencies at the same time as they work for Huawei
• plandis 7y ago
  That seems like a good way to build trust with citizens outside of China. I believe that a wide portion of people in Western Europe and the US are distrustful of the Chinese government so excluding those individuals is a positive.
  • mathnmusic 7y ago
    Someone should tell this to MongoDB which took funding from CIA.
    • jacquesm 7y ago
      I'd think Palantir would make for a better example. Simply look at anything that InQTel has funded. https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/in-q-tel https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/in-q-tel
      • dbuder 7y ago
        And they are generally regarded as evil, complete with evil fantasy name.
• Proven 7y ago
  Well, from the customer perspective, it shouldn't hire them in the first place. They don't have to do that. But then they may end up being less successful, or entirely banned from doing business in certain places.
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