USA decides to cleanse local networks of anything Chinese under new five-point national data security plan

USA decides to cleanse local networks of anything Chinese under new five-point national data security plan

US secretary of state Mike Pompeo has announced a “Clean Network plan” he says offers a “comprehensive approach to guarding our citizens’ privacy and our companies’ most sensitive information from aggressive intrusions by malign actors, such as the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).”


Pompeo’s announcement names the Communist Party repeatedly but doesn’t identify any other malign actor. It outlines the following five initiatives, which we’ll try to analyse as we go along:


  • Clean Carrier: To ensure untrusted People’s Republic of China (PRC) carriers are not connected with US telecommunications networks. Such companies pose a danger to US national security and should not provide international telecommunications services to and from the United States.

  • The USA has for years alleged, without detail, that kit from Huawei and ZTE poses a threat to national s ..

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