How To Beat China in the Great Power Competition | The American Spectator

U.S. lawmakers are sounding the alarm after Spain awarded Huawei a contract to store judicial wiretap data — a move critics say hands sensitive information to a company with documented ties to the Chinese Communist Party.
A report by the U.S. House Intelligence Committee warned that Huawei telecom equipment and networks on foreign soils could “provide a wealth of opportunities for Chinese intelligence agencies.”
Congressional leaders on the House Energy and Commerce Committee recently called on the Department of Commerce to “investigate the Spanish government’s decision, and similar actions by EU governments, that negatively impact U.S. digital trade, data security, and telecommunications interests, as well as the interests of American workers.”
They’re right to be concerned. The United States and Communist China are currently engaged in a significant power competition, with the country that leads in technology and innovation poised to emerge as the victor. The U.S. has maintained a comfortable lead in the tech sector for many years. However, the Chinese Communist Party’s relentless pursuit to close this gap and ultimately surpass the U.S. in technological supremacy by any means raises serious concerns.
Instead of focusing on genuine innovation, Beijing has implemented a state-sponsored espionage campaign to steal intellectual property (IP) from Western companies, a strategy that dates back to 1978. The rise of the internet has facilitated this systematic IP theft, with Chinese hackers infiltrating Western firms to steal valuable trade secrets. This stolen technology is then directed to state-run enterprises or “private” Chinese businesses, granting them an unfair competitive advantage.
A prime example is Huawei, founded in 1987 by Ren Zhengfei, who has close ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the People’s Liberation Army (PLA). Huawei initially assembled low-margin products like phone switches. At that time, the global telecom industry was largely domina…