Chinese companies are embedded in strategically important internet infrastructure-beating out the US

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NOT GOOD.


In Global Tech Battle, a Balky U.S. Ally Chooses China
The Philippines has chosen Chinese companies to expand its telecoms network, shunning warnings about security risks
By Niharika Mandhana



July 15, 2019 11:51 am ET

MANILA—The U.S.-China technology war is raging around the world, but the Philippines is no longer torn. It is binding its telecommunications future to China’s.

The country got its first taste of next-generation 5G services in late June with gear supplied by Huawei Technologies Co. This month, a new carrier backed by state-owned China Telecommunications Corp. will begin rolling out a network largely designed in China, to be executed by Chinese engineers in the Philippines.
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Chinese companies are embedded in strategically important internet infrastructure, beating out the U.S. Their latest win: the Philippines. https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-global-tech-battle-the-philippines-has-chosen-sides-not-the-u-s-11563205891 via @WSJ

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1. This is not only happening in the Philippines.

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2. Ivanka is importing voting machines from China.