https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-china-huawei/japan-to-ban-huawei-zte-from-government-contracts-sources-idUSKBN1O600X
By Yoshiyasu Shida, Yoshifumi Takemoto
Reuters.com
12/06/2018
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan plans to ban government purchases of equipment
from China’s Huawei Technologies Co Ltd and ZTE Corp to beef up its
defenses against intelligence leaks and cyber attacks, sources told
Reuters.
Chinese tech companies are under intense scrutiny from Washington and some
prominent allies over ties to the Chinese government, driven by concerns
they could be used by Beijing for spying.
A government ban in Japan will come after Huawei has already been locked
out of the U.S. market and after Australia and New Zealand have blocked it
from building 5G networks. Huawei has repeatedly insisted Beijing has no
influence over it.
The Yomiuri newspaper, which first reported the news of Japan's planned
ban earlier on Friday, said the government was expected to revise its
internal rules on procurement as early as Monday.
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