Technonationalism --- The ongoing feud between the US and China on the Huawei issue lies simply on geo-political power play and not telecommunications - both superpowers believe in using the respective telecom companies and even the chip manufacturers to gain a technological advantage in the ability to facilitate espionage and surveillance on each others' human and institutional assets; hence Huawei and China Telecoms are believed to be Chinese Government controlled. To this end, the US and Australian Governments agreed to buyout mobile Service Provider's Pacific network for billions of dollars to avert any possible purchase by China Telecoms which would have supposedly given China a glimpse into western homes, businesses and governments. The war continues.

Source author: Bennette Thomas thomasb@dominica.gov.dm