US Turns Tide on Huawei, Ending CCP’s 5G Master Plan

The Epoch Times 12.30.2020 1 min read
US Turns Tide on Huawei, Ending CCP’s 5G Master Plan
US Turns Tide on Huawei, Ending CCP’s 5G Master Plan
A monitor displays the Huawei logo behind Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during a news conference at the State Department in Washington on July 15, 2020. (ANDREW HARNIK/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

WASHINGTON—The Trump administration scored a victory against the regime in Beijing this year through its “Clean Network” campaign that booted Huawei Technologies Co. out of critical telecommunications infrastructure in many countries.

The effort, while not well-publicized, secured an array of commitments from governments to exclude untrusted vendors from their fifth-generation (5G) wireless networks. As of this month, more than 50 nations, representing over two-thirds of the world’s economy, and 180 telecom companies had joined the “Clean Network” initiative led by the U.S. government.

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