As a tech journalist in Beijing, I'm glad we're talking about China & cybersecurity. But I worry we're too focussed on bans & not enough on finding practical solutions for the ever-present problem of untrustworthy tech https://www.ft.com/content/02b77c83-3809-417a-9992-5781cdccedda

2/ I want to have phone calls w activists in the US & family in the UK without fearing the CCP will get data that compromises us. But has the last year of Huawei sanctions made us safer? No. What would? End-to-end encryption, telcos regulation & auditing, better 5G standards

3/ US bans or sanctions on Chinese tech companies like Huawei and Bytedance are not in themselves a solution. Even if these companies disappeared in a flash, China would be present in every important tech supply chain: more than 1/2 of the world's smartphones, 1/4 of our PCs.

4/ I'd like to live in a world where Chinese engineers can study, research, and do business with the rest of the world. Some would argue that we should aim for a world where China is hermetically sealed off. I think that's an ugly world, but more importantly...

5/ ...it's not a practical possibility. We can't quarantine forever. And while the US continues to try to kill off Huawei, all the threats that existed pre-sanctions are still here, and not getting fixed. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/the-cybersecurity-202/2020/06/09/the-cybersecurity-202-senate-panel-says-u-s-telecoms-failed-for-decades-to-prevent-chinese-spying/5ede7b8e88e0fa32f8235528/