China announces vendor 'vetting' plan to keep out snoopware-infested kit
By Simon Sharwood, 23 May 2014 China has taken revenge on the USA for its Huawei ban and router-ratting actions alleged by Edward Snowden, by announcing a new “vetting” process for foreign technology providers.The news emerged in Xinhua, a party-controlled Chinese news organ that reportsState Internet Information Office spokesperson Jiang Jun as saying “For a long time, governments and enterprises of a few countries have gathered sensitive information on a large scale, taking the advantage of their monopoly in the market and technological edge.”
"They not only seriously undermine interests of their clients but also threaten cyber security of other countries."
China will therefore step in and vet vendors that aspire to sell within its borders to safeguard not only its own interests, but the world's!
Stories like this don't appear in Xinhua as a result of cunning digging by its staff. That this one mentions Edward Snowden makes the conclusion China is retaliating to recent reports the NSA is touching-up US-made networking kit before export near-irresistible.
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Had to say that this one made me laugh and worry in equal measure; laugh at the pettiness of it all...they are like kids, worry about where this could all lead...a new 'vector' has been opened up or at the very least brought to light...and in this world of Globalisation can we be sure about what we have purchased given that it could have been made anywhere and therefore suborned by anyone?
