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Not even close to the same. See how Apple resisted the federal government's requests to access the San Bernardino terrorist's phone: https://www.npr.org/series/469827708/the-apple-fbi-debate-ov...

Something like this could never happen in China. Tim Cook would've be in a state prison in a matter of days.

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That's nonsense. Huawei has never proven to be connected with China government either. It is a private company owned by its founder and employees. There is ZERO evidence whatsoever that Huawei has spied for China government.

Huawei has publicly stated that Ren Zhengfei holds veto powers as part of their shareholder agreement, so I'm not sure that their claimed ownership model actually translates to the same level of control that implies in the western world.

Not that ownership matters anyway. AT&T isn't owned by the US Government either, but I bet the CCP doesn't want them implementing infrastructure projects in China. Actually, we know for a fact they don't because their 'national champion' policy is well known.

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