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posted by Fnord666 on Saturday December 08 2018, @11:49PM   Printer-friendly
from the surprise dept.

Huawei Arrest Tests China's Leaders as Fear and Anger Grip Elite

The arrest of one of China's leading tech executives by the Canadian police for extradition to the United States has unleashed a combustible torrent of outrage and alarm among affluent and influential Chinese, posing a delicate political test for President Xi Jinping and his grip on the loyalty of the nation's elite.

The outpouring of conflicting sentiments — some Chinese have demanded a boycott of American products while others have expressed anxiety about their investments in the United States — underscores the unusual, politically charged nature of the Trump administration's latest move to counter China's drive for technological superiority.

In a hearing on Friday in Vancouver, Canadian prosecutors said the executive, Meng Wanzhou of the Chinese telecom giant Huawei, faced accusations of participating in a scheme to trick financial institutions into making transactions that violated United States sanctions against Iran.

Unlike a new round of tariffs or more tough rhetoric from American officials, the detention of Ms. Meng, the company's chief financial officer, appears to have driven home the intensifying rivalry between the United States and China in a visceral way for the Chinese establishment — and may force Mr. Xi to adopt a tougher stance against Washington, analysts said. In part, that is because Ms. Meng, 46, is so embedded in that establishment herself.

Previously: Canada Arrests Huawei's Global Chief Financial Officer in Vancouver

Related: New Law Bans U.S. Government from Buying Equipment from Chinese Telecom Giants ZTE and Huawei
Australia Bans China's Huawei (and maybe ZTE) from 5G Mobile Network Project
Washington Asks Allies to Drop Huawei


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  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Sunday December 09 2018, @06:50PM

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Sunday December 09 2018, @06:50PM (#772044) Journal

    Well, yes, of course they were. But, so few examples have been handed down through history. Were the Vikings "fair"? Or the Celts? The Germanic tribes? How 'bout those Vandals? Or the Druids? Fact is, from the fall of Rome until Christianity spread far and wide across Europe, there really isn't a lot of example to pull from. Let us try to imagine a world in which Christianity was abolished, and snuffed out in Rome's last years. Would "western values" be what they are today? Would you, as a modern day Westerner, agree with their concepts of fairness?

    I suspect that if you were transplanted right now into that alternative reality, you would suffer a culture shock. That shock may or may not be as great as being transplanted into Chinese culture, or Arabic culture, but there would be a shock.

    I'm sure you would adapt, but for the rest of your life, you would be faced with instances in which you would wish you were back in our current society.

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