1206: Europe seeks a side deal with China's Huawei and ZTE. @BrendanCarrFCC, @GordonGChang,

Published: Feb. 23, 2021, 3:22 a.m.

Image:  Instructions for making astronomical instruments (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_astronomy) from the time of the Qing Dynasty (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qing_Dynasty) .   Brendan Carr, @BrendanCarrFCC, FCC Commissioner; and Gordon Chang, @GordonGChang, Daily Beast; in re:  “There’s currently a game between US and China” – Europeans think they can stand aside, but Europe cannot; they don't have any semiconductor manufacturing and are ”a minnow” in the chip world. This is not a game, it's a very serious endeavor. Telecoms owned by China constitute a serious threat; we've looked at carriers wanting to connect to our network and forbad that. Montana has missile silos with cell towers—they were running ZTE, a cause for real concern. If you bring any electronics into the US, the FCC has to inspect and review it.  China is looking for any sign that the Biden administration is backsliding on the appropriate tough stance the US has taken to protect itself; China will wait, and slide in.  However, in the last six months a significant sea change in how Europe views Mainland China. Covid helped awaken them. If you have Huawei anywhere in the midst of the network, it's very difficult to contain or control the network. A fairly good bipartisan consensus in DC.  Worried that Biden might move back toward an appeasement strategy. https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-seeks-to-decouple-from-us-china-chip-war/ https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/microchip-computers-spy-supermicro/2021/02/15/id/1010040/