US ambassador blasts German economics minister for China communist comparison

[beijingwalker]

US ambassador blasts German economics minister for China communist comparison
By Benjamin Weinthal | Fox News
Published 2 days ago

The U.S. ambassador to Germany chided Chancellor Angela Merkel’s economics affairs minister for drawing an insulting parallel between communist China and America.

Richard Grenell did not mention Peter Altmaier by name when he told Fox News on Tuesday that the comparison is “an insult to the thousands of American troops who help ensure Germany’s security and to the millions of Americans committed to a strong Western alliance.”

“These claims are likewise an insult to the millions of Chinese citizens denied basic freedoms and unjustly imprisoned by the CCP [Communist Party of China],” Grenell, who is a former contributor to Fox News, added.

The United States government opposes China operating Germany’s fifth-generation (5G) wireless technology network.

During a talk show appearance Sunday, Altmaier made headlines when he defended the government’s decision not to ban Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei from competing for contracts to build the country’s 5G mobile networks.

He noted that Germany “did not impose any boycott” after it was revealed that the National Security Agency had listened in on Merkel’s phone. He also said that Washington also demands that American companies “pass on certain information to fight terrorism.”

Grenell potently criticized Altmaier, who appeared to walk back his comparison, stating he did not mean to say that the United States and China are “one the same level.”

He told Germany’s Bild newspaper that “it’s clear that we want the highest possible security standards for sensitive data, regardless of where the products come from.”

Grenell's comments prompted a national conversation in Germany about Huawei. The ambassador stressed that “there is no moral equivalency between China and the United States, and anyone suggesting this ignores history.”

The U.S. embassy in Berlin appeared to support Grenell’s claims, noting that China cracks down on the freedoms of its citizens, saying that “you need to be able to trust that 5G equipment and software companies will not threaten your national security, privacy, intellectual property, or human rights.”

“Trust cannot exist where telecom vendors are subject to an authoritarian government that lacks an independent judiciary,” it added.

Norbert Röttgen, the chairman in the Bundestag of Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union party, took Altmaier to task via Twitter, saying that the legislature “does not just advise but decides regarding 5G according to the law.”

Merkel’s intelligence agencies have warned about the dangers of China controlling the country’s wireless technology network and urged her not to let Huawei secure the franchise.

Meanwhile, The Free Democratic Party politician MichaelTheurer, a MP in the Bundestag, urged Altmaier to apologize.

https://www.foxnews.com/world/us-ambassador-germany-china-comparison-insult

 

[beijingwalker]

US has totally lost it, why Huawei scares US so much?

Row over Chinese 5G equipment further strains U.S.-German relations
BY ANNA NORYSKIEWICZ

NOVEMBER 28, 2019 / 5:43 AM / CBS NEWS

Berlin — The U.S. Ambassador to Germany said he felt insulted this week when Germany's economy minister drew a comparison between the U.S. and China during a recent television appearance. Peter Altmaier was defending the German government's refusal to ban Chinese tech giant Huawei from building the country's 5G cellular network, saying if the company were indeed transmitting data to intelligence agencies in Beijing, it would be "no worse than what the U.S. has already done."

Altmaier noted that Germany had "not imposed a boycott" on U.S. tech firms after it was revealed that the U.S. National Security Agency had monitored cell phone calls in the country in 2013, and allegedly even spied on Chancellor Angela Merkel.

The U.S. has long called on its allies to boycott Huawei, warning that China could use the telecoms provider's equipment to conduct espionage or cyber sabotage. Altmaier pointed out that the U.S. "also demands that its companies pass on information needed for fighting terrorism."

His remarks drew a strong rebuke from the White House's man in Germany, Ambassador Richard Grenell.

"The recent claims by senior German officials that the United States is equivalent to the Chinese Communist Party are an insult to the thousands of American troops who helped ensure Germany's security and the millions of Americans committed to a strong Western alliance," he said in a statement issued by the U.S. Embassy in Berlin. "There is no moral equivalency between China and the United States and anyone suggesting it ignores history – and is bound to repeat it."

To drive his point home, Grenell flagged at least a couple tweets this week to Altmaier's account linking to news articles about China's human rights abuses of Muslim minorities in the country.

Grenell's indignation was echoed by President Trump's National Security Adviser, Robert O'Brien, who noted that the U.S. was, "a country that sacrificed a lot of blood and wealth during the Cold War to protect Germany."

Altmaier's comments also caused a stir among senior German politicians. The reaction prompted him to say he had been misinterpreted.

"At no point did I draw parallels between the U.S. and Chinese political systems," he told Bild. "We need the highest possible security standards when dealing with sensitive data, no matter where the products originate."

Strained relations
U.S.-German relations have been tense since Mr. Trump's envoy to the country took office in May last year. Grenell has ruffled feathers with a number of controversial forays into Germany's domestic politics. Critics have accused him of flouting diplomatic norms and harming the transatlantic alliance.

On his first day as Ambassador in Berlin, he took to Twitter and called on German companies to "immediately" withdraw from Iran, against which the U.S. had just announced new sanctions. Germany has tried for months, along with France and Britain, to keep the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran viable after the Trump administration's unilateral withdrawal from it.

In response to that tweet, Wolfgang Ischinger, a former German Ambassador to the U.S. and now chairman of the Munich Security Conference, said: "Ric, my advice, after a long ambassadorial career: explain your own country's policies, and lobby the host country - but never tell the host country what to do, if you want to stay out of trouble. Germans are eager to listen, but they will resent instructions."

Grenell is an ardent backer of his boss President Trump's policies, and just a month into his job he expressed controversial support for Europe's right-wing political movements in an interview with Breitbart.

"I absolutely want to empower other conservatives throughout Europe, other leaders," Grenell said to the news site previously run by Steve Bannon. "I think there is a groundswell of conservative policies that are taking hold because of the failed policies of the left."

He presented himself as a "big fan" of the then-Austrian chancellor Sebastian Kurz, a right-wing conservative politician who espoused a tough stance in favor of limiting immigration to Austria and Europe more broadly.

Grenell dismissed accusations that he was interfering in Germany's internal affairs as "absurd."

"I stand by my comments that we are experiencing an awakening from the silent majority — those who reject the elites & their bubble. Led by Trump," he said in a tweet. Mr. Trump has consistently drawn low approval ratings across Europe, including in Germany and even among backers of the country's right-wing populist party, AfD.

In January of this year, Grenell again angered many in Germany by threatening German companies involved in the development of the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline.

"Companies involved in Russian energy exports are taking part in something that could prompt a significant risk of sanctions," he said.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-ger...oring-history-moral-equivalence-china-huawei/

 

[maximuswarrior]

The Americans are reeling. They have completely lost the plot.

 

[Beast]

US has totally lost it, why Huawei scares US so much?

Row over Chinese 5G equipment further strains U.S.-German relations
BY ANNA NORYSKIEWICZ

NOVEMBER 28, 2019 / 5:43 AM / CBS NEWS

Berlin — The U.S. Ambassador to Germany said he felt insulted this week when Germany's economy minister drew a comparison between the U.S. and China during a recent television appearance. Peter Altmaier was defending the German government's refusal to ban Chinese tech giant Huawei from building the country's 5G cellular network, saying if the company were indeed transmitting data to intelligence agencies in Beijing, it would be "no worse than what the U.S. has already done."

Altmaier noted that Germany had "not imposed a boycott" on U.S. tech firms after it was revealed that the U.S. National Security Agency had monitored cell phone calls in the country in 2013, and allegedly even spied on Chancellor Angela Merkel.

The U.S. has long called on its allies to boycott Huawei, warning that China could use the telecoms provider's equipment to conduct espionage or cyber sabotage. Altmaier pointed out that the U.S. "also demands that its companies pass on information needed for fighting terrorism."

His remarks drew a strong rebuke from the White House's man in Germany, Ambassador Richard Grenell.

"The recent claims by senior German officials that the United States is equivalent to the Chinese Communist Party are an insult to the thousands of American troops who helped ensure Germany's security and the millions of Americans committed to a strong Western alliance," he said in a statement issued by the U.S. Embassy in Berlin. "There is no moral equivalency between China and the United States and anyone suggesting it ignores history – and is bound to repeat it."

To drive his point home, Grenell flagged at least a couple tweets this week to Altmaier's account linking to news articles about China's human rights abuses of Muslim minorities in the country.

Grenell's indignation was echoed by President Trump's National Security Adviser, Robert O'Brien, who noted that the U.S. was, "a country that sacrificed a lot of blood and wealth during the Cold War to protect Germany."

Altmaier's comments also caused a stir among senior German politicians. The reaction prompted him to say he had been misinterpreted.

"At no point did I draw parallels between the U.S. and Chinese political systems," he told Bild. "We need the highest possible security standards when dealing with sensitive data, no matter where the products originate."

Strained relations
U.S.-German relations have been tense since Mr. Trump's envoy to the country took office in May last year. Grenell has ruffled feathers with a number of controversial forays into Germany's domestic politics. Critics have accused him of flouting diplomatic norms and harming the transatlantic alliance.

On his first day as Ambassador in Berlin, he took to Twitter and called on German companies to "immediately" withdraw from Iran, against which the U.S. had just announced new sanctions. Germany has tried for months, along with France and Britain, to keep the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran viable after the Trump administration's unilateral withdrawal from it.

In response to that tweet, Wolfgang Ischinger, a former German Ambassador to the U.S. and now chairman of the Munich Security Conference, said: "Ric, my advice, after a long ambassadorial career: explain your own country's policies, and lobby the host country - but never tell the host country what to do, if you want to stay out of trouble. Germans are eager to listen, but they will resent instructions."

Grenell is an ardent backer of his boss President Trump's policies, and just a month into his job he expressed controversial support for Europe's right-wing political movements in an interview with Breitbart.

"I absolutely want to empower other conservatives throughout Europe, other leaders," Grenell said to the news site previously run by Steve Bannon. "I think there is a groundswell of conservative policies that are taking hold because of the failed policies of the left."

He presented himself as a "big fan" of the then-Austrian chancellor Sebastian Kurz, a right-wing conservative politician who espoused a tough stance in favor of limiting immigration to Austria and Europe more broadly.

Grenell dismissed accusations that he was interfering in Germany's internal affairs as "absurd."

"I stand by my comments that we are experiencing an awakening from the silent majority — those who reject the elites & their bubble. Led by Trump," he said in a tweet. Mr. Trump has consistently drawn low approval ratings across Europe, including in Germany and even among backers of the country's right-wing populist party, AfD.

In January of this year, Grenell again angered many in Germany by threatening German companies involved in the development of the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline.

"Companies involved in Russian energy exports are taking part in something that could prompt a significant risk of sanctions," he said.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-ger...oring-history-moral-equivalence-china-huawei/

Modern silk road is all about trade and business between China and Europe. US is never in the equation. They are redundant and not part of it.

 

[zectech]

@beijingwalker

Watch this show on the Amerikan TV network called the History Channel:

You may have heard of the History Channel. It is picked up in Europe in places.

See what that vehicle can do to protesters. The Amerikan version of 5G has the ability to emit the band that V-MADS sends out to floor/disperse demonstrators. FCC can license these bands in the future, currently under study. The question is, are the towers powerful enough to target civilians and disable protesters.

Each Amerikan 5G tower could be an Amerikan military base that is weaponized against enemies of Washington.

What we don't know is - are the towers powerful enough. What we know - they can send out the high frequency of V-MADS.

China's 5G could be different bands, so with Huawei, you are safe. With Washington terrorism, you are getting spied on and possibly getting attacked.