“Huawei involvement in the core backbone 5G infrastructure of developed western liberal democracies is a strategic game-changer because 5G is a game-changer,” Nigel Inkster, a senior adviser to the International Institute for Strategic Studies, told CNBC by email.
Inkster, a former senior British intelligence official, explained that China has “embarked on an ambitious strategy to reshape the planet in line with its interests” through its massive Belt and Road Initiative. Its “national telecoms champions” are a big part of that.
Because of that drive from China, Inkster said that Huawei is part of this “all-of-nation project.”
“Huawei has indeed said that it would refuse any Chinese government request to facilitate espionage. But such a statement simply cannot be taken at face value. Huawei is a product and instrument of the Chinese state and has been co-opted to achievement of the state’s strategic objectives. The proposition that it is just a telecommunications company has worn beyond thin,” Inkster told CNBC.
—CNBC’s Evelyn Cheng contributed to this report.
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