"Clear Evidence Of Collusion Between Huawei And The Chinese State": British Defense Report

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The British defense committee reported on Thursday that there is ‘clear evidence of collusion between Huawei and the Chinese state’ and urged the government to urgently rid the country’s telecoms infrastructure of Huawei’s kit by 2025.

In July Prime Minister Boris Johnson ordered that Huawei be purged from Britain’s 5G networks by 2027 amid fears of spying and sabotage and following tough United States sanctions against the company affecting its supply of up-to-date chips.

The defense committee report, however, said the purging should be done years earlier even if it involves recompense for current operators.

“The Government should take necessary steps to minimize the delay and economic damage and consider providing compensation to operators if the 2027 deadline is moved forward,” it said.

‘D 10 Alliance’
The defense committee report also said that the 5G roll out will increase mobile connectivity dependence, leaving the country more vulnerable to “espionage, sabotage, or system failure” but as yet with “no global rules regulating international cyber-attacks.”

The report, therefore, urged the government to partner with allies on a system to hold “perpetrators” accountable.

Democracies should also form a “D10” alliance of top world democracies as a counter to China and other non-democratic countries with malign intent, it said.

“The Committee support the proposal to form a D10 alliance, consisting of ten of the world’s largest democracies, in order to provide alternatives to Chinese technology and to combat the technological dominance of authoritarian states.”
“The Government must act swiftly and outline a joint 5G policy as soon as possible,” the report said and “continue to denounce and deter threats from adversarial states, such as Russia and China.”

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