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China Warns of 'Prejudice' After Being Bashed in US Telecom Report
- rweir 14y agoquadruple irony points to the US getting up on their high horse about this after subverting their own companies to institute mass surveillance of the world's Internet users: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_641A http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_641A et al.
- trotsky 14y ago"we know we shouldn't buy theirs based on the fact they'd be stupid to buy ours" - every signals intercept group on the planet
- sixbrx 14y agoNot sure how it's "ironic" that a nation state is attempting to act in a self-interested way, in each of these cases. Regardless of the success or wisdom of that action.
- scarmig 14y agoI think "hypocrisy" is the sought after word.
- smutticus 14y agoThis is about trade/competition and has little to do with security. I have no inside information concerning this, but I doubt there are any real security concerns. Methinks Cisco and Juniper are just better at lobbying congress than ZTE or Hauwei. China has been playing fast and loose with WTA rules regarding subsidizing industry and this is most likely retaliation.
- adjwilli 14y agoWashington cannot be trusted to be free of influence from AT&T and Verizon. Duh, in the Capitalist country the government is influenced by the businesses and in the Communist country the businesses are influenced by the government.