ISLAMABAD/BERLIN: The Chinese embassy in Berlin has said that China is “strongly dissatisfied” with Germany’s reported plans to ban Huawei and ZTE from the country’s 5G network.
According to Al Jazeera, “If the report is true, China is very puzzled and fully dissatisfied that the relevant German government departments made the above decision without any factual basis,” the embassy in Berlin said on Wednesday.
The Chinese embassy said that “China firmly opposes Germany’s generalisation of the concept of national security and abuse of state power to intervene in the market in its collaboration with
China, which not violates economic laws and the principle of fair competition, but harms others rather than benefits itself,”
Berlin preparing to ban telecoms companies
The Chinese embassy’s remarks come after German newspaper Zeit Online reported that Berlin is preparing to ban telecoms companies from using certain components from Chinese tech giants ZTE and Huawei, following similar bans by Japan, Australia, the United States, and the United Kingdom.
Zeit Online reported that the interior ministry and Germany’s cybersecurity agency made the decision after spending months examining the country’s 5G networks for potential security high risks.
Western security officials claimed that Huawei and ZTE pose threats to national security and privacy due to their close ties to Beijing, making them unsuitable for involvement in next-generation communications networks.
