Germany looks to ban Huawei from 5G

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

Title is misleading.

According to the article. "The German government is considering introducing security requirements for 5G"

@waz

 

[Skull and Bones]

I thought Germany and China are best pals.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

Title is misleading.

According to the article. "The German government is considering introducing security requirements for 5G"

@waz

The article was just updated but the title is still the same (at least for now)

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

The article was just updated but the title is still the same (at least for now)

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Okay, it's under pay wall so I wasn't able to see the article. Anyway, the title is misleading. Germany ain't looking to ban Huawei. Americans are the sensationalists they are can't handle a wee bit of competition so they make up fake news.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

Okay, it's under pay wall so I wasn't able to see the article..

https://www.bing.com/news
search for the article title and you'll get around it.

Germany ain't looking to ban Huawei. Americans are the sensationalists they are can't handle a wee bit of competition so they make up fake news.

Go read the updated article yourself:

Germany has joined its American and British allies in moving to prevent Huawei from supplying its next-generation mobile phone network, bowing to pressure from Washington to block the Chinese maker of telecoms equipment over espionage fears.

The decision to take a much tougher approach to security in the 5G network rollout marks a U-turn for Berlin, which had been more sceptical than the UK of White House claims that the Shenzhen-based company has ties to the Chinese state.

A statement from the German economics ministry said security of the future 5G network and the safety of products offered by telecoms suppliers was “highly relevant”. The government would be “guided” by such concerns in its buildout of the network.

The clampdown comes as the UK’s University of Oxford said it had decided to stop accepting research funds and philanthropic donations from Huawei. The university said the decision had been taken because of concerns raised in recent months over UK partnerships with the Chinese company.

“Huawei has been notified of the decision, which the university will keep under review,” it said. Huawei said it had not been informed of the university’s decision and awaited a “full explanation”.

The Chinese group said it had a “strong track record” in research and development and had longstanding collaborations with 20 other UK universities.

Germany’s announcement came after the US actively lobbied Berlin to ban Huawei on national security grounds. Washington argued that its technology can be used by the Chinese government for spying or cyber attacks.

A bipartisan group of US congressmen have recently escalated their scrutiny of the company, warning that Huawei solar equipment presents a security threat to the American electricity grid.

Huawei equipment is already largely banned from US government systems and contractors. In November the UK, which is the Chinese group’s oldest European market, demanded fixes the company must make to operate in the country.

But until now, Berlin had remained publicly cool to the idea of joining its Anglo-American allies. In October, Günter Krings, deputy interior minister, wrote to the Bundestag that there was “no concrete legal basis” for excluding any particular equipment supplier from the 5G buildout in Germany “and none is being planned”.

But, as the deadline for Germany’s 5G buildout approaches, the government’s position has hardened. The spectrum licences are to be auctioned this spring, and telecoms companies need clarity by then as to which suppliers they can work with. The initiative was first reported by the German daily Handelsblatt.

This week, Huawei’s founder and president Ren Zhengfei broke his silence over allegations against the company. He said it had “never received any request from any government to provide improper information”.

His remarks came weeks after Meng Wanzhou, his daughter and Huawei’s chief financial officer, was arrested in Canada on US charges of breaking American sanctions against Iran.

Mr Zhengfei, a 74-year-old former Chinese army engineer, also denied that China’s new national security law obliged Huawei to build back-doors into its equipment in order to gather electronic intelligence.

Opposition MPs in Germany said they were pleased the government was taking security concerns over Huawei seriously.

Last month Deutsche Telekom said it would reassess its system for procuring network equipment. A spokesman said the company “takes the global discussion about the security of network elements made by Chinese producers very seriously”.

The EU is also increasingly concerned about Huawei. Andrus Ansip, the top Brussels official on tech policy, recently warned that Chinese groups could be ordered by Beijing’s intelligence services to build back-doors into their systems.

Australia and New Zealand, which are members of the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing network with Canada, the US and the UK, have already blocked Huawei from forming partnerships with local telecoms carriers. Huawei announced last month that it would spend $2bn to overhaul its system in order to meet British concerns, but the UK has yet to publicly revise its guidance.

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

Germany has joined its American and British allies

Germany ain't ally of America and Britain. Germany is rival of America and Britain. You Americans think Germans would ally with YOU, after what YOU did to Germany in WW2? Dream on. Keep up the fake news Americans. Because that's all you have left.

 

[Nilgiri]

They were building consumer cars for over 100 years before they started selling cars to Chinese customers. They'll be fine.

You have to realize China is new to the world consumer market. You missed everything.

Chinese trolls seem to not understand that China needs the world far more than the world needs China.

Most people in developed countries are fine not having "new market based" economic growth (esp if it comes at cost of inelastic skill jobs)...but rather have more innovation opportunity and better percolation of existing wealth for better growth.

This whole thing is just getting started. @Viva_Viet

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

Germany ain't ally of America and Britain. Germany is rival of America and Britain. You Americans think Germans would ally with YOU, after what YOU did to Germany in WW2? Dream on. Keep up the fake news Americans. Because that's all you have left.

@Georg you have any updates

 

[Viva_Viet]

Chinese trolls seem to not understand that China needs the world far more than the world needs China.

Most people in developed countries are fine not having "new market based" economic growth (esp if it comes at cost of inelastic skill jobs)...but rather have more innovation opportunity and better percolation of existing wealth for better growth.

This whole thing is just getting started. @Viva_Viet

US did her best to stop VN in VN war (but still failed), so its easy for VNese to know what USA will do to destroy CN (in 2023). CN is weak, corrupted and useless, thats why after VN war 1975, Deng had to beg for help from daddy US-JP in 1978 cos he felt that VN would surpass CN soon cos we r much smarter, we defeated mighty US when CN can not and we will be stronger when we can unify sub Mekong region.

CN has almost Nothing to fight back US, she doesnt control any strategic position like VN (we control 60-65 % of SCS(east VN sea), a crucial shipping route for SK-JP-CN-Guam of US) her PLA also suck, corrupted wt terrible human wave tactic that no longer work, so its easy to predict that CN will be in chaos in 2023 when US start thrashing her

 

[kankan326]

trade is two way street

I know. Germany imports daily stuff from China with very good prices. Which also benifits Germany a lot because using made in China saves a lot money for ordinary Germans. Trading with China is a double-wins for Germany.

 

[Adam WANG SHANGHAI MEGA]

It seems that Siemens, Volkswagen, BMW and Mercedes-Benz are planning to give up the Chinese market? !No？！

 

[kankan326]

I'm pretty sure they know that as Chinese car companies go from selling pure junk to reasonably reliable cars their market share will go down.

You lost your point. There are many foreign brands cars in China market. Not just German cars.

 

[Pan-Islamic-Pakistan]

It proves EU, UK, Canada, and Australia are still slaves of the US, despite their differences in rhetoric.

The West will do everything to keep down China, Russia, and the Muslim world.

How long can they keep this up?

 

[KAL-EL]

It seems that Siemens, Volkswagen, BMW and Mercedes-Benz are planning to give up the Chinese market? !No？！

You forgot Porsche. Oh how I love the Porsche 911 old school with the whale tail.

 

[艹艹艹]

Don't worry,

If India also bans huawei, that's what we should be worried about.
China need India