Huawei is having help spreading the "Party Line" for why the world should buy Huawei products even though there might be some concerns about security. You can see a number of stories like this one in US News, and one you can't see in the Financial Times. More on the latter one later.
Huawei has suddenly become essential to the development of global 5G. "Efforts to limit involvement of Chinese technology in upcoming 5G projects in Europe might bring 'serious consequences to the global economic and scientific co-operation,' Ambassador Zhang Ming said in an interview with FT."
We might have some trouble believing that any company would be the root of 5G to the rest of the world when the standards for 5G are still just barely on solid ground after years of work. We are not sure what the 5G we are supposedly getting from vendors this year can even be used as 5G is envisioned. Huawei is not going to be essential to global development anymore than any other of the big suppliers. Let China have its own 5G if it wants. Lets see how the world interoperability works itself out if they do. Huawei has already done a lot for international standards and that is something we need to start reviewing again in light of the connections between Huawei and Chinese intelligence services. Maybe we don't want that kind of interoperability.
Now, about that Financial Times article.... When I get pointed to an article by Flipboard, my news aggregator, I expect to be able to read that article, not see an ad for the electronic version of FT. That is not news. That is advertising. FT is not the only one, but they are not allowing a reader to read the article being referred to them. The news outlets should examine advertising and restrict its use on platforms like Flipboard. I wonder if Flipboard is getting revenue from this. Apple, Microsoft and Google all have these kinds of links.
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