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There's good reason: Huawei is entirely owned by the Communist Chinese government, a government which has shown itself to be committed against American interest

There's good reason: Huawei is entirely owned by the Communist Chinese government, a government which has shown itself to be committed against American interests and democratic interests around the world, and a government which has itself ordered Huawei to use its technology to spy on its political enemies.[1][2] 1. https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/04/30/huawei-china-business-risk/ https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/04/30/huawei-china-business-r... 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Huawei#Espionage_and_security_concerns https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Huawei#Espionage_...

huyage 4y ago
Except Huawei is 99% owned by employees (https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3856761 https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3856761) and paid out $9B+ to employees last year (https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3173121/huawei-pays-out-us965-billion-dividends-current-and-retired-staff https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3173121/huawei-pays-ou...).
- PaulHoule 4y ago
  Isn't that what you'd expect in a "Worker's State?"
- himinlomax 4y ago
  It's owned not by individuals employees, but by the employees' union ... which is entirely controlled by the communist party and not the employees. It's a very obvious fiction. The generated income may end up in the employees' hands, but the control is in fact with the dictatorship.
  - hgsgm 4y ago
StanislavPetrov 4y ago
Even if all your assertions were true, it is irrelevant to the fact that we here in America, who claim to value our freedom, are prevented by our government from buying what we want with our own money. If the government wants to ban the use of these devices by government personal or at government owned facilities that's perfectly reasonable. Telling private citizens that they aren't allowed to take their own informed risks is authoritarian (which is ironic because that is the source of most of the legitimate criticism of China).
- hgsgm 4y ago

huyage 4y ago

Except Huawei is 99% owned by employees (https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3856761 https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3856761) and paid out $9B+ to employees last year (https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3173121/huawei-pays-out-us965-billion-dividends-current-and-retired-staff https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3173121/huawei-pays-ou...).

PaulHoule 4y ago
Isn't that what you'd expect in a "Worker's State?"
himinlomax 4y ago
It's owned not by individuals employees, but by the employees' union ... which is entirely controlled by the communist party and not the employees. It's a very obvious fiction. The generated income may end up in the employees' hands, but the control is in fact with the dictatorship.
- hgsgm 4y ago

StanislavPetrov 4y ago

Even if all your assertions were true, it is irrelevant to the fact that we here in America, who claim to value our freedom, are prevented by our government from buying what we want with our own money. If the government wants to ban the use of these devices by government personal or at government owned facilities that's perfectly reasonable. Telling private citizens that they aren't allowed to take their own informed risks is authoritarian (which is ironic because that is the source of most of the legitimate criticism of China).

hgsgm 4y ago