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Huawei Sues US Government Over Its National Defense Laws
Chinese telecoms equipment maker Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. on March 7 confirmed it is suing the U.S. government over a section of a defense bill passed into law last year that restricts its access to the United States. Huawei says it has filed a complaint in a federal court in Texas challenging the constitutionality of Section 889 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), a section signed into law in August that bans federal agencies and their contractors from procuring Huawei and ZTE equipment.
According to the complaint, Huawei views Section 889 as a roadblock to it gaining more market share in the U.S. telecoms market. The privately owned by China-based firm has embarked on a public relations and legal offensive over the past two months as Washington has sought to keep Huawei out of its fifth-generation (5G) mobile network amid growing global concerns that products made by the Chinese tech giant could be exploited by the Chinese regime to conduct espionage.
US Extradition Huawei’s complaint comes just days after Canada said it will proceed with a U.S. extradition request against Huawei’s chief financial officer Sabrina Meng Wanzhou. In a 13-count indictment, the U.S. Department of Justice accuses Meng, Huawei, and several of the company’s subsidiaries of violating sanctions against Iran. They say that Huawei—with Meng personally involved—misled U.S. banks about the relationship between Huawei and Hong-Kong based Skycom Tech, which did business with Iran. Prosecutors allege that Skycom is a hidden subsidiary of Huawei, while Huawei maintains they are two independent companies. By hiding Skycom’s connection to Huawei, Meng is accused of personally misleading U.S. banks into clearing cash connected with transactions between the two companies.
Meng and her legal team maintain that she’s done nothing wrong. On March 1, Meng also launched a lawsuit against the Canadian government, its border agency, and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police over her detention at the airport, alleging violation of her constitutional rights. The case had strained both Canadian and U.S. relations with China. The communist state this week also accused two arrested Canadians of stealing state secrets in a move widely seen as retribution for Meng’s arrest. While Meng is under house arrest in Vancouver, it is unclear where the two Canadians are being detained in China. Sources previously told Reuters that at least one of the Canadians did not have access to legal representation.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/huawei-sues-us-government-over-its-national-defense-laws_2827852.html
Chinese Military Officials Keep Mum on Corruption During Political Meeting, Skirting Around Morale Problems
During this week’s meetings of the Chinese regime’s rubber-stamp legislature, the National People’s Congress, media journalists asked military delegates about the military’s anti-corruption efforts, but refused to answer their questions. The elephant in the room is that many high-level military officials have recently been sacked.
For example, on Feb. 20, China’s former top general Fang Fenghui was sentenced to life imprisonment on charges of accepting bribes, bribery, and procuring large assets with unknown sourcing of funding, according to a Chinese military court ruling. Fang’s sentencing cast a shadow over the proceedings in Beijing, when Party officials meet annually to pass legislation and set agendas already approved by the Party leadership. Fang was Chief of the General Staff at the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) from October 2012 to August 2017. He had visited U.S. Pentagon several times, and attended high-level meetings at the U.S. Department of State. State-run media Xinhua reported that all of Fang’s personal properties will be expropriated to the state treasury.
Xi Jinping, who as leader of the Chinese Communist Party also serves as the commander-in-chief, has repeatedly spoken about the military’s serious “peace disease” since 2015—referring to military officials’ sense of complacency and corruption. Fang’s case is a good example.
Fang Fenghui Fang, 67, joined the PLA at 16 years-old, and became a Party member at 24 years-old. After graduating from the PLA National Defense University in Beijing, he began his military career. A former assistant to Guo Boxiong, a former vice chairman of the Party’s top agency for managing military affairs, the Central Military Commission, published an online article in September 2017 exposing that Fang was personally promoted by Guo to become his subordinate. Guo is key member of a political faction loyal to former Party leader Jiang Zemin, which is opposed to the Xi leadership. Guo was sacked in 2015 amid Xi’s sweeping anti-corruption campaign.
In June 2017, troops from China and India had a standoff at the border for 71 days. Abruptly amid the conflict, general Li Zuocheng replaced Fang at a meeting. Fang then disappeared for 141 days. By August, Chinese authorities announced that Fang was being investigated by the Party’s anti-corruption watchdog. Hong Kong media Oriental News reported that Fang was sacked because he was involved in a plan by the Jiang faction to use the China-India conflict as an excuse to stage a coup against Xi.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/chinese-military-officials-keep-mum-on-corruption-during-political-meeting-skirting-around-morale-problems_2827430.html