CHINA REFUTES PENCE'S CRITICISM OF HUAWEI
[[ Todos para uno, uno para todos ]] -Feb-2019
CGTN
"I hope some Americans will have a little bit more confidence
in themselves and be a little bit more respectful to other people, people in
the so-called 'Old World,'" Yang Jiechi said, adding that people
all know where their interests lie.
"So let there be
fewer lectures," he stressed.
Yang Jiechi, a member of the Political Bureau of the
Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and director of the Office of
the Foreign Affairs Commission of the CPC Central Committee, defended Huawei
from U.S. Vice President Mike Pence's harsh words on Saturday during the 55th
Munich Security Conference (MSC) in Munich, Germany.
Pence
labeled Chinese tech giant Huawei a threat to national security and called
on Washington's allies to ban the company from developing 5G wireless
infrastructure during the meeting.
As a response, Yang praised Huawei for cooperating
very closely with European countries and Chinese law does not require companies
to install backdoors or collect intelligence.
"In the Fourth Industrial Revolution, we should
all work together," Yang added.
Yang also reiterated China's support for multilateralism and peaceful
development, saying that the country has always promoted world peace.
He also urged the U.S. to proceed from the
fundamental interests of the two peoples and earnestly implement the important
consensus reached by the two heads of state.
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the
establishment of diplomatic ties between China and the United States. Since late
president Richard Nixon, chairman Mao Zedong and premier Zhou Enlai opened the
door for China-U.S. exchanges, relations between the two countries have forged
ahead with historic achievements through thick and thin, bringing tangible
benefits to the two peoples and the world at large, the official noted.
As for China-U.S. economic and trade differences and
frictions, Yang said China is willing to solve them through cooperation, but
with principles.
Recently, he said, the China-U.S. business teams
have conducted intensive consultations and made important progress. It is hoped
that both sides will continue to make concerted efforts to push for mutually
beneficial and win-win agreements.
On the trade imbalance between China and the U.S.,
Yang said the causes are complex. A large part of this is due to the U.S.
export control toward China. Report from a U.S. research institute showed that
the U.S. trade deficit with China could be reduced by 30 percent if it relaxed
its export controls to the level of France.
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Opinion: U.S. has given
up on trying to compete fairly
Despite the U.S. attempts to undermine Huawei, many
telecom providers in Europe are still working and testing with Chinese
manufacturers, Huawei in particular. Huawei has deals in at least eight European
countries and has tested with local providers in at least 12 EU member
states.
One of CGTN's current affairs commentators Einar
Tangen summed up what he thinks Washington is trying to accomplish. "The
fact is, the U.S. has given up on trying to compete fairly and now it's trying
to trap up the competition."
Last year, America's biggest telecom company
AT&T began to advertise its so-called "5G Evolution" services. It
later hit with a lawsuit by competitor Sprint. AT&T was accused of false
advertising and misleading consumers to believe that its advanced 4G network
was actually 5G.
Tangen says America's call to alienate Huawei could
end up alienating itself. "The difficulty in dealing with Trump here is
sincerity. You don't know where he draws the lines. He's withdrawn many
treaties. He's put Europe in a particularly difficult situation."
For European operators, business is business. After
all, the exclusion of Chinese firms would lead to fewer vendors and,
consequently, higher costs.
(With inputs from Xinhua)
(CGTN's Shang Jianglong and Shao Cong also
contributed to the story.)
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