The South China Morning Post has a story from Saturday that is asking Sweden to reconsider its look at its Chinese connections in contracts and interactions. One of them is a Chinese satellite downlink built 200km from the North Pole, owned and operated by the Chinese military. We do have to ask ourselves why Sweden agreed to building this thing to begin with when we have to wonder why they would welcome in the military under any circumstances. They are wondering the same thing.
It seems like there are quite a few countries finding out that they have all kinds of agreements and contracts with places in China that, had they thought about it, probably wouldn't have been done. It reminds me of 9/11 and all the changes in policy that came about as a result. We looked at some of the contractors who had access to the Pentagon and asked, "What are we doing here?" Some countries are having that kind of moment now. These are people in government making decisions that seemed OK at the time, but when they have a spotlight shined on them, don't look so good. The US and its allies should have a standing committee that reviews these contracts on a regular basis to avoid that kind of belated recognition of the threat.
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