China urges Australia to create fair biz environment
By Chen Qingqing Source:Global Times Published: 2018/8/23 20:48:41
Original article link: http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1116782.shtml
Huawei ban will hurt progress of Australia’s 5G industry, says expert
Read the article below & try not to get angry
China urged the Australian government to discard ideological biases and create a fair environment for businesses after Chinese telecom firms Huawei and ZTE were reportedly banned from providing 5G technology in the country.
Cooperation between China and Australia has always been mutually beneficial, and Australia should not use any excuse to artificially set obstacles or adopt discriminatory practices, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lu Kang said at a daily briefing on Thursday.
Lu’s remarks come after Huawei’s Australia affiliate said on Twitter on Thursday that it was informed by the Australian government that Huawei and ZTE have been banned from providing 5G technology services in the country.
Huawei called the move “extremely disappointing” for consumers.
The security of 5G networks will have fundamental implications for all Australians, the Australian government said in a statement on its website on Thursday.
It added that the Australian government considered “the involvement of vendors who are likely to be subject to extrajudicial directions from a foreign government that conflict with Australian law, may risk failure by the carrier to adequately protect a 5G network from unauthorized access or interference.”
The statement did not specifically mention Huawei and ZTE.
The Australian government has seriously violated the principles of fair competition and non-discrimination in free trade, and Huawei will take legal measures to safeguard its legitimate rights and interests, the company said in a statement sent to the Global Times on Thursday.
The Australian government is using security as an excuse to shield its political moves, said Huawei. “However, Huawei has never received any request from the Chinese government to gather information,” the company said, adding that misjudgments and biased attitudes should never be a reason for security concerns.
The ban shows that the Australian government is completely biased toward Chinese companies, which contradicts the spirit of the free market that it values, said Ruan Zongze, executive vice president of the China Institute of International Studies.
“The Australian government becomes paranoid when it comes to matters involving China, which is terrible and absurd,” he told the Global Times on Thursday.
Ruan said politicizing business, as in the case of the Huawei ban, is against the free trade agreement signed between China and Australia, and will eventually hurt the Australian 5G industry.
Higher costs
It is a huge loss for Australia’s 5G development, as local companies may have to spend more to build and upgrade their networks, Xiang Ligang, chief executive of telecoms industry news site cctime.com, told the Global Times.
The ban will lead to higher costs in building 5G networks in Australia, “which could be 30 percent higher,” he said.
Huawei and ZTE would have competed with some of the world’s biggest tech companies in the Australian market, such as Ericsson and Nokia. But with the ban, the latter two will deliver services at higher prices and charge higher management fees, the expert added.
Outside of the US, Huawei is expected to be a major supplier of 5G radio and core network gear, according to a report released by British industry intelligence unit Ovum in June 2017. Although ZTE is performing well in China, it still lags behind Ericsson, Huawei and Nokia in other markets, the report noted.
Australia will experience very slow progress in its 5G development now that it has blocked these Chinese companies, which was a political move, Fu Liang, a Beijing-based telecoms industry expert, told the Global Times on Thursday.
“However, it’s still too early to say that Chinese companies will lose all their opportunities in the Australian market,” he said.
Other Western countries are unlikely to follow Australia in blocking Huawei over security concerns, experts predicted.
“Australia followed in the footsteps of the US [by going against China in such a manner], but other countries are unlikely to follow suit,” Xiang said.
Response from me:
I honestly don’t know if this article is written in sarcasm or not.
So much of this article has misinformation, biased opinions, intention to deceive the readers, and if its not that… then a very real lack of understanding of how governance & security works in other countries and how those priorities come before ‘fair trade’.
China does it, the US does it, almost all countries that don’t have weak governments do this.
I also don’t get who is the target audience for this article, if it were Chinese people who were raised in china… then yes, their education is likely swaying them to this limited opinion, then it would make sense, but it would make more sense if the article was written in Chinese.
But it’s in English… and most people living in Australia, USA, UK, Canada, NZ etc are educated enough to know that this is incredibly biased.
Our education system teaches us how to discern biased attitudes & styles of writing. I don’t think these articles are value for money in terms of you’re only angering the ‘supposed’ target audience.
So much of this article has misinformation, biased opinions, intention to deceive the readers, and if its not that… then a very real lack of understanding of how governance & security works in other countries and how those priorities come before ‘fair trade’.
China does it, the US does it, almost all countries that don’t have weak governments do this.
I also don’t get who is the target audience for this article, if it were Chinese people who were raised in china… then yes, their education is likely swaying them to this limited opinion, then it would make sense, but it would make more sense if the article was written in Chinese.
But it’s in English… and most people living in Australia, USA, UK, Canada, NZ etc are educated enough to know that this is incredibly biased.
Our education system teaches us how to discern biased attitudes & styles of writing. I don’t think these articles are value for money in terms of you’re only angering the ‘supposed’ target audience.