Thread by @Jkylebass

Does anyone remember how Huawei began? Chinese Communist Party operatives STOLE Cisco’s most advanced router at the time (in 1987). They stole the design for the chassis, the IOS, and all the way to implementing the intentional spelling errors in the source code. 1/8

Huawei began exactly as Avanti Inc began when ‘Gerry’ Hsu downloaded the entire place and route code for Cadence Design’s place and route software. The Cadence engineers placed intentional spelling errors in the source code to indemnify thieves. After several years 2/8

Of court battles and Hsu’s belligerence in fighting back with money earned from the theft, he finally was convicted and went to jail. Cisco sued Huawei and Huawei settled out of court and kept the settlement terms quiet. This is exactly how the Chinese Government obtains 3/8

many of the world’s top technologies. Huawei began business in 1987 by selling another version of Cisco’s routers at huge discounts to Cisco’s prices. They had no R&D expense, no difficulty with the brazen theft, and then set their sights on Nortel. One of the largest 4/8

Companies in Canada. With 94,000 employees and valued at one third ($250 billion) of the entire Toronto stock exchange’s value, Huawei began to steal Nortel’s designs and immediately offering the stolen designs at discounts to the market. Eventually, by 2009, Nortel 5/8

Was forced to file for bankruptcy. Canadian shareholders, pensioners, and employees were left with staggering losses. It was the largest bankruptcy in Canadian history. One by one, Huawei stole key technology with the help of the Chinese government. 6/8

It amazes me to this day that any world government organized under a rule of law (and concerned for their national security) would allow Huawei, ZTE (multiple cases of bribery documented globally), or China Telecom into their countries and much less into their critical 7/8

Network infrastructure. #China #Thieves #IPtheft #HistoryLesson #Canada #NationalSecurity

‘Innovation’ with Chinese characteristics.