Japan is planning to halt government purchases of equipment from China’s two largest telecommunications firms, Huawei and ZTE, amid security concerns, Yomiuri Shimbun reported Friday.
The Japanese newspaper said that the changes to procurement rules could come as soon as Monday and noted that the decision followed a similar move from the United States, as well as Washington’s urging that its allies follow suit.
While the new rules will effectively ban equipment from Huawei and ZTE, the two companies will not be named explicitly in the policy to avoid stoking tensions with Beijing, the report said.
Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang expressed “grave concern” about the reports at a press briefing on Friday.
“We hope that Japan can provide a fair competitive environment for Chinese companies operating in Japan, and avoid doing anything that harms mutual trust and cooperation,” Geng said.
The report comes amid a flurry of troubling headlines for Huawei, which is at the forefront of a race to roll out 5G mobile networks around the globe. Following the arrest of Huawei’s CFO in Canada, the UK’s BT Group announced this week that it will remove Huawei equipment from existing networks and will not use the firm for 5G.
Australia and New Zealand have already said they will not use Huawei for 5G networks.
Kier Valdez Courageous by whistle-blower Edward Snowden have previously revealed NSA cyber-espionage programs, which have stolen hundreds of millions of Chinese mobile phone text messages; broken into the crucial IT backbone system at China’s Tsinghua University which connects to large numbers of important institutes and research labs; and monitored the communications of important Chinese officials. –
Kier Valdez Courageous by whistle-blower Edward Snowden have previously revealed NSA cyber-espionage programs, which have stolen hundreds of millions of Chinese mobile phone text messages; broken into the crucial IT backbone system at China’s Tsinghua University which connects to large numbers of important institutes and research labs; and monitored the communications of important Chinese officials. –
Courageous by whistle-blower Edward Snowden have previously revealed NSA cyber-espionage programs, which have stolen hundreds of millions of Chinese mobile phone text messages; broken into the crucial IT backbone system at China’s Tsinghua University which connects to large numbers of important institutes and research labs; and monitored the communications of important Chinese officials.
Courageous by whistle-blower Edward Snowden have previously revealed NSA cyber-espionage programs, which have stolen hundreds of millions of Chinese mobile phone text messages; broken into the crucial IT backbone system at China’s Tsinghua University which connects to large numbers of important institutes and research labs; and monitored the communications of important Chinese officials.
Ahead of Hypersonic missile? When?how?China is far beyond proof to those missile and millions of chinese are enrolled in US universities yearly..US holds and hides thousands of most powerful and deadliest nuclear missiles along thier arsenals on this planet.
Ahead of Hypersonic missile? When?how?China is far beyond proof to those missile and millions of chinese are enrolled in US universities yearly..US holds and hides thousands of most powerful and deadliest nuclear missiles along thier arsenals on this planet.
Japanese are using the Japanese Sun ray to make Telecom equipment hay while the Sun still shines on Sony etc.
Japanese are using the Japanese Sun ray to make Telecom equipment hay while the Sun still shines on Sony etc.
How can china win the mutual trust of other trading partners when it abuses trade agreements as a platform for cheating and stealing.
The world is not a playground for economic predators.
How can china win the mutual trust of other trading partners when it abuses trade agreements as a platform for cheating and stealing.
The world is not a playground for economic predators.
So far the Japanese Government has no problem using Hwawei equipments.
So far the Japanese Government has no problem using Hwawei equipments.