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1. @Telegraph carried a piece Integrating @Huawei into the UK’s 5G is a gift to China by a member of @HouseofCommons . It beggars description.

2. It is condescending to describe not to keep Huawei out as a gift to #China, to say the least. Any business relationship is a deal, not charity. @Huawei brought in investment, create jobs and upgrade UK telecoms.

3. Labeling #Huawei a high-risk security partner is slandering when you can produce no shred of evidence. Do u have confidence in your own regulators? "A high-risk securtiy partner" is a concept that beggars belief.

4. Both #USA and the #UK have national or public security stipulations that relate to companies including telecom operators. There is no Chinese law that can force Chinese companies to install a backdoor or collect intelligence overseas.

5. Huawei is only a vendor/supplier in terms of #5G gears. The telecom operators own them and have access to possible information of its customers.

6. #USA accusing #Huawei of spying is a thief calling catching thief. The world knows too well which country spies on its own citizens and leaders of other countries including its allies.

7. Technology is neutral and it could serve good and bad purposes. A smartphone APP to contact trace #Covid_19 is a perfect example. Is it a surveillance tool or a public health tool?

8. There are no "concentration camps" in #Xinjiang, China. The trainees of education and vocational training institutions have now all graduated. With no single terrorist incident in the past three years, we have contained terrorism, extremism and radicalization.

9. The rumor about China spying on @AfricanUnion has been debunked by the Chinese government and African leaders. Why the writer just turned a blind eye? Lies repeated 1000x will still be lies.

10. Great Britain will cease to be “Great”when it stops making independent decisions on matters of national interest and having to please another country.

11. 🇨🇳 looks forward to mutually beneficial cooperation with 🇬🇧 and hope the latter will continue to embrace open trade and welcome foreign investment and discriminate none.

12. Ours is an interdependent world. I hope UK politicians will not be blinded by ideology or cold war mentality, even less colonial mindset. China is a trustworthy partner, not an enemy.

The United States quietly concedes defeat on Huawei's 5G @Tom_Fowdy @Telegraph @stephensackur
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