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Chinese Networking Vendor Huawei's Murky Ownership

Posted by kdawson on from the worthy-of-neal-stephenson dept.

A month ago we mentioned India's suspicions that telecomm equipment from China might contain backdoors. There hasn't been any smoking gun on such speculation. Now reader littlekorea sends in some background on the ties one important Chinese telecomm vender might or might not have to the government there. "Conspiracy theories abound as to whether networking kit vendor Huawei is owned or controlled by the Chinese government and/or the military-industrial complex. But who really owns Huawei? Kiwi journalist Juha Saarinen headed to Shanghai to find out."

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  1. Pot kettle pot kettle pot kettle by wombatmobile · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm not buying any more Chinese equipment. From now on I'm only buying from reputable American companies.

  2. It's in the name! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Murky ownership? What did you expect from a company called 'who-are-we?' :P

  3. Re:This is easy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Come on, that would be like saying that the NSA has bot code on all Windows and OS X computers so they can keep track.

    Side Note: Why does my computer keep checking for updates everyday when I said not to? Damn bugs.

  4. Juha Saarinen is a Finn by mangu · · Score: 5, Funny

    Judging from the article author's name, he's obviously of Finnish origin. Now, Linux was created in Finland. Therefore, the Finnish government is the real controller behind Linux and this article is an attempt by the government of Finland to discredit a competitor in the world market for information technology.

    See, pulling out conspiracy theories from one's ass is not so difficult...