China is directly blaming the United States for the failed plans between the United Kingdom and the Chinese tech company Huawei, for plans to develop 5G.
China’s ambassador to the UK Liu Xiaoming said London’s decision to reverse previously agreed plans to give Huawei a leading role in its 5G development was “seriously poisoning” the UK-China relationship, Sky reported. News on Thursday.
Liu said the UK is trying to interfere with the internal affairs of the Chinese government, openly condemning the recent national security laws in place in Hong Kong and its suspension of the extradition treaty.
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He also accused the United Kingdom of confusing “right and wrong”, “recklessly” slandering “China’s Xinjiang-related policies” towards Uighurs and calling their actions in Xinjiang a “so-called” human rights problem “.
Liu also warned the UK government against “Cold War” actors and their “comments by anti-China forces inside and outside the UK,” alluding to the Trump administration that has expressed disapproval of China’s actions. Regarding the coronavirus, the race to 5G and denounced human rights abuses committed against the Uighur population.
Another Chinese official condemned the actions of the United States in persuading countries not to allow Huawei to help in their 5G development.
“The real reason behind Pompeo’s animosity towards Chinese companies has nothing to do with national security or democracy, freedoms, justice or reciprocity,” the spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Thursday, Wang Wenbin, to journalists.
“It is only because they are Chinese companies and also pioneers in their business lines.”
US security officials, largely led by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, have cited concerns about the potential ability of the Chinese government to demand access from Huawei’s foreign networks that the telecommunications company would theoretically have intervened in construction.
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“Countries must be able to trust that 5G equipment and software does not threaten national security, economic security, privacy, intellectual property or human rights,” Pompeo said at a press conference a few days before the Kingdom United terminate its agreement with Huawei.
Chinese officials are not wrong to blame the United States government for the UK’s change of heart.
British authorities said their decision was largely based on pressure from the United States and sanctions that made it difficult for countries to ensure the safety of the developing team.
The United States had also threatened to cut off intelligence sharing if the United Kingdom proceeded with Huawei, citing security concerns related to China’s potential surveillance and monitoring capabilities.
“Pompeo has been claiming that by excluding Huawei, countries join the ranks of ‘clean countries,'” Wenbin said Thursday. “The so-called ‘clean countries’ that he has been promoting are but a double standard code name.”
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The UK along with the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Poland, Romania and Sweden have heeded Pompeo’s warnings of possible security threats and have banned all Huawei products from future 5G networks.
“Our vigorous diplomacy has helped lead an international awakening to the threat from the CCP (Chinese Communist Party). Senators, the situation is changing, ”Pompeo said at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing Thursday, explaining that countries around the world are supporting American initiatives to prevent the Chinese tech giant from further developing.
