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The outgoing chairman of the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Ajit Pai, said potential Chinese espionage and threats to US telecommunications networks and Internet freedom are the biggest national security issue facing regulators in the next four years.
Ajit Pai said in an interview with Reuters that there is a “wide range” of activities from China that are of concern, including surveillance, economic espionage and possible “injection of malware into networks here in the United States or around the world. a number of bad things that can happen if insecure equipment is used to handle sensitive information. ‘
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Pai was named chairman in January 2017 by former President Donald Trump and stepped down on Wednesday. During his tenure, the FCC caged Chinese network manufacturers such as Huawei and ZTE.
Last month, the FCC began revoking China Telecom’s authorization to operate in the United States. China Telecom is the largest Chinese telecommunications company.
“The Chinese Communist Party has a very determined worldview. They want to dominate this space and exercise their will – even beyond their own borders,” Pai said on Tuesday. “This is a serious threat not only to internet freedom but also to national security for us and for many of our allies.”
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The Chinese Foreign Ministry said in December that US claims about the risks to national security were false.
The FCC warned for the first time in April that the US operations of three state-owned Chinese telecommunications companies, including China Telecom, could be terminated.
In 2019, the FCC voted to deny China Mobile the right to provide US telecommunications services, citing the risks that the Chinese government could use the approval to spy.
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Under Pai, the FCC formally identified China and Huawei and ZTE Corp as national security threats, preventing U.S. companies from using a $ 8.3 billion state fund to buy equipment from the companies. In December, Congress approved $ 1.9 billion to replace equipment manufactured by China in US networks.
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In April, the FCC approved the request of the Alphabet Unit, Google, to use a section of a sub-US telecommunications cable between the US and Asia, but not to Hong Kong, after US agencies raised national security issues.
(Reporting by David Shepardson; Editing by David Gregorio)