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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: 2) by arslan on Sunday November 25 2018, @09:47PM
There are cheaper or comparably cheap labor elsewhere in Asia than just China - sure they don't have near as much population as China, but enough to matter for the subject at hand. India is an example. Indonesia is another one, though this one is harder to work with given they are predominantly Muslims which half the U.S. may be allergic to.