U.S. ban on sales to ZTE triggers patriotic rhetoric in China

[DonViejo]

Source: Reuters



APRIL 19, 2018 / 3:04 AM / UPDATED 3 HOURS AGO

Sijia Jiang

HONG KONG (Reuters) - A U.S. ban on sales of American components to ZTE Corp (0763.HK) (000063.SZ) has unleashed a patriotic backlash in China’s cyberspace, highlighting the growing tension between the world’s two largest economies.

The United States this week imposed a ban on American companies selling parts and software to ZTE for seven years, saying it had broken a settlement agreement with repeated false statements - a move that threatens to cut off the Chinese firm’s supply chain.

Sympathy for ZTE has swept Chinese social media while most domestic newspapers have chosen to put the lion’s share of the blame for the telecom equipment maker’s troubles on China’s heavy reliance on foreign semiconductors.

The U.S. action comes at a time when the two countries have threatened each other with tens of billions of dollars in tariffs in recent weeks, fanning worries of a full blown trade war.




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[dembotoz]

1. this will cause them to develop the technology on their own and we will lose access to a huge market

saw it before with other telecom and it stuff.
not like they can not copy or figure it out.....

problem becomes when they then use the home grown tech specs as requirements for new tech developments....and they are really doing all kinds of stuff all over the world.....US the world leader? oh not so much.....

sooooo how do we go from it super power to humpty dumpty sitting on a fucking wall?????

doing shit like this

[melm00se]

3. ZTE is one of the major

Chinese cellphone manufacturers who worked with Shanghai Adups Technology Company whose malware was injected on ~700 million phones worldwide.

[dembotoz]

5. did not imply they were good wholesome people

my main point is that if we take our marbles and go home do not think these folks will wither and die.

they will make their own marbles

[melm00se]

8. it's a tough situation

Do you provide technology which, based upon past experience, can be used against you so they don't create their own?

[dembotoz]

9. in the past we foreced them to work around us...they upped their r&d......can't blame em

we would do the same thing....

[Archae]

2. My cell phone is a ZTE.

But I doubt this will affect me at all.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

4. Last thing US needs is to excite Chinese nationalism & turn it from bashing Japan to bashig USA. .nt

[Maxheader]

6. even if chuckles gives it up..

and says .. "just kidding!"..

china says.."fuck you!".. and continues with tariffs on amerciun stuff...

[MicaelS]

7. My ZTE Zmax Pro has been a great phone.

Too bad, this will be the first and last one I will own. This will impact the Obamaphone market as many of the phones given out are ZTE.