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Huawei Sets Its Sights on U.S. Market
From: "Paul Ferguson" <fergdawg () netzero net>
Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2008 05:34:35 GMT
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Interesting article, but I've heard these concerns voiced elsewhere in the not-so-distant past, too. Fear & loathing, or genuine concern? You decide. Via The Washington Post. [snip] - From a fortress-like corporate campus in this southern city [Shenzhen, China], retired army officer Ren Zhengfei is building one of China's most successful experiments in capitalism. A mammoth operation with 70,000 employees and strong backing from the state, Huawei Technologies brags that its goal is to dominate telecommunications equipment markets all over the world. Its current focus: America. Fueling [U.S.] lawmakers' unease about the Huawei deal is that no one knows exactly who owns it. Technically, Huawei is a private venture, not state-owned. But the company won't reveal information about its shareholders except to say it's "100 percent employee-owned," with its chief executive owning 1 percent. Research organization Rand Corp. said that Huawei has "deep ties" with the Chinese military. It is not only a customer of Huawei's, Rand said in an analysis prepared for the U.S. government, but also was a "political patron and research and development partner." [snip] More: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/05/AR200801050 2608.html - - ferg -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP Desktop 9.6.3 (Build 3017) wj8DBQFHgGhqq1pz9mNUZTMRAqpGAKDqcRp08FPBv/lg0vtqLJYC+5vIgwCfekHk 8rXd1FzZbz95WkqnWkjoLuA= =RJ4V -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg(at)netzero.net ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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