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Washington Asks Allies to Drop Huawei
The U.S. government has initiated an extraordinary outreach campaign to foreign allies, trying to persuade wireless and internet providers in these countries to avoid telecommunications equipment from China's Huawei Technologies Co., according to people familiar with the situation.
American officials have briefed their government counterparts and telecom executives in friendly countries where Huawei equipment is already in wide use, including Germany, Italy and Japan, about what they see as cybersecurity risks, these people said. The U.S. is also considering increasing financial aid for telecommunications development in countries that shun Chinese-made equipment, some of these people say.
Also: The US is warning other countries against using Huawei's 5G tech
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 25 2018, @09:40PM
Based purely on today's conditions? The U.S.
However, we know the world isn't static. Unfortunately I can't predict the future, but the U.S. has the potential, and likelihood where things are going - even before Trump got on the scene, to get much much worse with unknown risks whereas China is already slightly above rock bottom with known risks.
If you aren't particularly shackled by political ideals and just want a deterministic life, China's a better bet than the U.S. longer term.