And they reflect America’s new national defense strategy that declared great power competition with China and Russia as top priorities. “I won’t apologize for the way I framed some of my remarks, but we’re not going to ignore Chinese behavior,” Shanahan said. Shanahan said Huawei is “too close to the government” of China, which has laws requiring data be shared. On Friday, Chinese defense ministry spokesman Wu Qian was both conciliatory and challenging. Speaking to reporters after Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe met with Shanahan, Wu noted that the U.S. has recently “had a series of negative words and deeds” on Taiwan issues.

Source: Washington Post June 01, 2019 01:07 UTC