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Analysis, Telecommunications - Monday, April 9, 2012 14:17 - 1 Comment
Coldplay: No paradise in Australia for Huawei
This article is by Justin O’Brien, Director of the Chinese Law Program at Murdoch University. It first appeared on The Conversation and is replicated here with permission.
analysis It will no doubt be surprising to the former Liberal Foreign Minister, Alexander Downer, and former Victorian Labor Premier, John Brumby, that they sit on the board of a corporate entity apparently judged to be a national security risk. John Lord, a former commander for the Royal Australian Navy who retired at the rank of Rear Admiral, will be equally perplexed that representing the local operations of Huawei, the Chinese telecommunications conglomerate, has proven so controversial.
All three have fallen foul of concern about the provenance of the parent firm, which emerged from the Chinese military-industrial complex to become one of the most significant global players in mobile and core broadband network provision.
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