The logo for Chinese telecommunications firm China Telecom Image: Mark Schiefelbein via PA Images The logo for Chinese telecommunications firm China Telecom Image: Mark Schiefelbein via PA Images US REGULATORS ARE expelling a unit of China Telecom, one of the country’s three major state-owned carriers, from the American market as a national security threat amid rising tension with Beijing.
The FCC cited the danger that Beijing might use the company to eavesdrop or disrupt US communications and “engage in espionage and other harmful activities against the United States”. China Telecom is among companies that were expelled from US stock exchanges under an order by Trump barring Americans from investing in them.
#Open journalism No news is bad news Support The Journal Your contributions will help us continue to deliver the stories that are important to youThe company’s conduct and communications to US government agencies “demonstrate a lack of candour, trustworthiness and reliability”, the FCC said, without giving details.
TaiwanIsACountry. Relevant to your other story today. They deserve a spot at the UN for their handling of the virus.
Of course they did, the USA can't afford any real rivals.