The US has met its match with Huawei’s rise, writes Chandran Nair. Photo: Reuters
Opinion
Opinion
US anxiety over China’s Huawei a sequel of the Yellow Peril
- In the years leading up to the end of the cold war, opinion polls revealed more Americans feared the ascendant economy of Japan – their ally – than the Soviet Union
- The same is happening now to Huawei as its products become superior. But the biggest difference between Japan then and China now: the US was able to put Japan back in its box. That is not happening this time
The US has met its match with Huawei’s rise, writes Chandran Nair. Photo: Reuters