[Epoch Times October 28, 2021](Interviews by Epoch Times reporters Chang Chun and Gao Miao) The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Tuesday (October 26) revoked the operations of China Telecom’s US subsidiary in the United States on the grounds of national security Permit and require it to cease business within 60 days. In this regard, Tang Jingyuan, a current affairs commentator in the United States, analyzed that this should be a very important part of the decoupling of China-US telecommunications.
The FCC stated in a press release that China’s national security environment has changed since the FCC authorized China Telecom Americas to provide telecommunications services in the United States nearly 20 years ago. The FCC believes that the ownership of China Telecom Americas and the control of the Chinese (CCP) government cause major national security and law enforcement risks, and it provides access, access to information, and sabotage or misleading the United States to the parent company of China Telecom Americas and the Chinese (CCP) government. The opportunity to communicate will enable them to engage in espionage and other harmful activities against the United States.
The press release pointed out that China Telecom Americas is subject to the use, influence and control of the Chinese (CCP) government and is very likely to be forced to comply with the requirements of the Chinese (CCP) government. The promotion of U.S. national security is part of the committee’s responsibility to promote public interest. Today The action is to fulfill this mission and protect the country’s communications infrastructure from potential security threats.
Martin, senior researcher of the New American Security Center Technology and National Security Project, think tank. Martijn Rasser told Bloomberg, “This is an important action that sends a signal to Beijing that no matter who is the owner of the White House, the United States will still be concerned about the risks brought by Chinese technology companies in the United States.”
Cancellation of China Telecom’s licensing experts in the United States: cut off the black hand infiltration
U.S. current affairs commentator Tang Jingyuan said in an interview with Epoch Times on the 27th that the cancellation of China Telecom’s license should be a very important part of the decoupling of China and the United States. This of course will exacerbate tensions between the United States and China, but such actions by the United States are necessary and should have been taken long ago.
He said, “We all know that telecommunications is equivalent to a country’s neural network. If this network is replaced by a country that is so hostile to the United States by the CCP and deliberately trying to destroy the United States, it will steal U.S. intelligence. In the worst cases, it may paralyze part of the United States or even the entire communications. This is actually a very important national security issue.”
Tang Jingyuan said that the CCP has been in the WTO for many years. It has been stuck in the telecommunications market. It has refused to fulfill its promises and is not open to any foreign investment because this telecommunications is a major issue related to national security.
The FCC made the decision with a 4-0 vote at its monthly meeting on Tuesday. Tang Jingyuan believes that first, this voting result clearly shows that the United States has very sufficient evidence to prove that China Telecom Americas is strictly controlled by the CCP and is not an independent commercial enterprise at all.
Second, China Telecom Americas is likely to have committed actions and behaviors that have materially endangered the national security of the United States, and the United States has obtained evidence, “We all know this is the United States’ style of doing things, so the United States did not hesitate to do this. Decided,” he said.
Analysis: Another manifestation of the tension between China and the United States
The Epoch Times columnist Wang He said in an interview with The Epoch Times on the 27th that this is a manifestation of the tension between China and the United States. Continue, this situation will continue to happen.
Wang He said that although the Trump administration and the Biden administration are quite different, the Biden administration has continued many of the Trump administration’s practices on the issue of confronting the CCP, especially for the CCP’s use of the U.S. in the fields of telecommunications, Internet, and 5G. The CCP has always maintained a high level of vigilance regarding the infiltration of China’s telecommunications companies and state-owned enterprises for espionage operations.
He said that the CCP’s state-owned enterprise said it was a commercial enterprise and was not controlled by the government, but Americans discovered early on that it was a naked lie.
Wang He said that the FCC listed the six major reasons for terminating the authorization and pointed out, “The United States does not believe in the CCP. Regardless of the banner of commercial organizations from the CCP, as long as they collude with the regime, the United States will be regarded as part of the regime. .”
For his actions, the United States has shown that it has a good grasp of the nature and practices of the Chinese Communist Party’s state-owned enterprises, and no longer regards the subsidiaries of the state-owned enterprises as a pure commercial enterprise, because there are too many political operations behind it.
He analyzed that the CCP regards 5G and the Internet as its main battlefield for competition and confrontation with the U.S. The U.S. must first eliminate some of the CCP’s related branches in the U.S. and not give the CCP a chance. “So in this regard, the U.S. It should clean up the battlefield.” The caution of the United States in this regard is also desirable.
The Chinese reacted very calmly
China Telecom, the parent company of China Telecom Americas, is one of the three major communications providers in China. According to documents disclosed by China Telecom on October 22, the company is one of China’s largest fixed-line companies and the second largest wireless operator, with 370 million subscribers. Wang He said that although its business in the United States is not much, after the United States sanctions Huawei and other Chinese technology giants, this time the use of China Telecom “surgery” is undoubtedly worse for the CCP.
Regarding the FCC’s withdrawal of China Telecom Americas’ operating license in the United States, the spokesperson of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Zhao Lijian said in response to reporters’ questions at a regular press conference on the 27th, “The Chinese authorities will respond to the specific questions you mentioned.” , And did not make more answers.
A spokesperson for China Telecom Americas told Reuters that he was disappointed with the FCC’s decision.
In this regard, Tang Jingyuan pointed out that although the CCP is dissatisfied, the United States is only adopting a reciprocal policy. Because the CCP has always blocked the telecommunications market in the United States, it has no reason to blame the United States.
U.S. Votes of No Confidence in CCP Technology Companies
Tang Jingyuan also said that Martin. Ruther’s words have shown that, despite the huge differences in political views between the two parties in the United States, their positions are unanimous on major national security issues related to the United States.
“This means that companies in other areas that may threaten U.S. security interests in the future, especially those companies controlled by the CCP, are likely to face similar results.” He said at the same time, Martin. Lasse’s words also show that the United States has actually voted no confidence in all technology companies controlled by the CCP as a whole, including Dahua and DJI.
Tang Jingyuan believes that although the scale of China Telecom’s current operations in the United States is not large, this kind of vote of no confidence is a huge blow to its international reputation. The FCC’s actions may be like the case of Huawei and trigger the international community. A new wave of boycotts of Chinese technology companies.
In addition to China Telecom Americas, the FCC warned in 2020 that it might shut down China Unicom Americas, Pacific Networks Corp and its wholly-owned subsidiary ComNet Co., Ltd. on the grounds of national security risks. American business.
In addition, in June this year, the FCC also banned five Chinese companies Huawei, ZTE, Hikvision, Dahua, and Hytera from selling telecommunications and security monitoring equipment to the United States, and excluded untrusted equipment and supplies from the communications network. business.
Editor in charge: Lin Congwen
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