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Huawei confident it won’t be blocked in India
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“We think about what is the logic [behind it] and what is possible. We don’t think Huawei will be blocked. We think this [trusted list] benefits the Indian market and is the right decision,” Jay Chen, vice president of Huawei Asia-Pacific, told ET during a virtual roundtable.
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Chen, who led Huawei’s India operations for many years, said the country is “very important” to the company – not just for 5G services but as a whole market.
Chinese telecom equipment maker Huawei is confident of making it to India’s list of “trusted” suppliers, which the National Cyber Security Coordinator is expected to release soon.
The just concluded historic Quad summit did not make any reference to LAC tensions in the joint statement as it is bilateral matter between India and China unlike South China Sea or East China Sea which has global implications.
While remaining three Quad states backed India against Chinese aggression along the LAC the issue was not included in joint statement issued at the end of the Summit as this is a bilateral issue between India and China, ET has reliably learnt. There was mention of territorial integrity in the Indo-Pacific region without any direct reference to LAC.
The Joint Statement titled “The Spirit of the Quad” noted, “We support the rule of law, freedom of navigation and overflight, peaceful resolution of disputes, democratic values, and territorial integrity. We commit to work together and with a range of partners.. We will continue to prioritize the role of international law in the maritime domain, particularly as reflected in the United Nations Convention on
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A woman looks at her phone as she walks past a Huawei shop in Beijing, China May 16, 2019. Credit: Reuters/Thomas Peter/Files
Tech12/Mar/2021
New Delhi: India is likely to block its mobile carriers from using telecom equipment made by China’s Huawei, two government officials said, under procurement rules due to come into force in June.
New Delhi is wary about awarding new technology business to Chinese firms both because of security fears and a desire to get Indian manufacturers to produce more telecoms equipment.
Xi Jinping
On Thursday, China had formally approved the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025), the draft outline of which was passed by the National People’s Congress as it closed its six-day annual session. Among its key projects is the building of a hydropower base on the lower reaches of Yarlung-Zangbo which refers to the section of the river in Tibet just before it enters India in Arunachal Pradesh, a Sichuan-Tibet railway near the Indian border and a push for self-sufficiency in emerging industries such as Artificial Intelligence.
A railway line would also be built from Xigaze in Tibet to Gyirong on the Tibet-Nepal border. Not only that, the FYP put emphasis on access to key border highways including the G219 national highway which runs along the entire length of India-China border in Xinjiang and Tibet. India had announced its concern over the building over four dams on the upper and middle reaches, the first of which was Zangmu that had been operationalized in 2015. Indian o