The U.S. expands its "clean network" plan to target Chinese companies to protect overseas Chinese, saying that Hong Kong may be implicated

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Written by: Wu Zhuoan

2020-08-07 10:31

US Secretary of State Pompeo announced the expansion of the "Clean Network" plan, proposing five key areas, including Clean Carrier, Clean Store, Clean Apps, and Clean Cloud Storage (Clean Cloud) and Clean Cable.

Fang Baoqiao, honorary chairman of the Hong Kong Information Technology Chamber of Commerce, pointed out in a radio interview today (7th) that US President Trump has suspended the special treatment of Hong Kong by the United States earlier, referring to the implementation of the "clean network", unknown Hong Kong applications, cloud Whether the platform will be regarded by the United States as a Chinese company, worried that local applications may not be available in the United States.

Pompeo has taken a tougher move against China in the Internet field. (AP)

Fang Baoqiao pointed out that the five areas of "clean network" are very large, and it is impossible to estimate the impact of the plan. He pointed out that in the part of clean apps (Clean Apps), because apps span different levels, such as online shopping and instant messaging software. , Payment software, etc. If the Hong Kong application is regarded by the United States as a Chinese company, they are worried that the Hong Kong application may be implicated or not available in the United States.

As for Clean Cloud, the US named three Chinese companies, Alibaba, Tencent, and Baidu. Fang Baoqiao pointed out that the Internet is globalized. If the United States bans Alibaba, Tencent, and Baidu Cloud, China bans Google and other clouds. , When Hong Kong and China and the United States transfer data, it will become complicated and costly.

Fang Baoqiao pointed out that China believes that it will verbally condemn the incident, but if China wants to expel Apple’s production line from China as a countermeasure, it is believed to be "seven wounds" for China.

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