The subsidiary of a Chinese defence conglomerate nicknamed ‘the Huawei of airport security’ is increasingly dominant in border-control and security-screening technologies globally.
Last month, Canada’s foreign affairs department backflipped on its plan to buy security scanners for 170 overseas embassies and diplomatic missions from Nuctech, a Chinese company part-owned by the Chinese government and once run by former Chinese president Hu Jintao’s son, Hu Haifeng. The reversal followed media coverage that provoked a review of the department’s procurement practices for security equipment.
At a parliamentary committee hearing on 18 November, Canadian government officials were grilled by MPs over the decision to entrust such a delicate security function to a company with close links to the Chinese state.
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Why the US could resurrect TPP to re-engage China
Senior speakers at the Milken Asia Summit outlined the importance of the US rebuilding alliances as it looks to reset its frosty relationship with China under a Biden administration.
The disruption in US foreign policy that has occurred during the Trump administration, means it will not be possible for the country to easily repair its adversarial relationship with China. But with Joe Biden set to take over on January 20, 2021, could it herald a resurrection of the Trans-Pacific Partnership?
Richard Haas, president of the Council on Foreign Relations, warned that Biden will not be able to simply reset relations between the two countries back to the Obama era.