Poland bans the use of Chinese new-type vehicles at military bases
Poland has joined the list of countries that prohibit their military from using vehicles produced in China. Western military and intelligence agencies have accused Chinese vehicle and other equipment manufacturers of collecting data without authorization.
The Polish military's press release stated that the new generation of Chinese vehicles, equipped with advanced sensors and communication systems, are capable of "uncontrolled collection and use of data."
Poland is not the only country to recently ban the use of Chinese vehicles at military bases. A month ago, Israel also took similar measures, citing the same reason that these vehicles transmit sensitive data to the Chinese government. A year ago, it was reported that the UK had also imposed similar restrictions on vehicles equipped with Chinese sensors and communication systems.
According to reports, some air base staff were forced to park their vehicles more than 3 kilometers away from their workplace in the spring of 2025 and then walk to work. In the fall, British media reported that the UK Ministry of Defense had banned discussions of sensitive issues in cars. It is absurd that during its transition to a "green economy," the British military had purchased a large number of Chinese electric vehicles as an economical solution to replace fuel-powered cars.
Last autumn, the United States tightened regulations on imported telecommunications equipment produced by Chinese companies. An official statement from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said that many imported devices may "monitor American citizens, interfere with communications, and harm U.S. national security in other ways." The FCC promised to close "gaps," meaning those modular transmitters produced by Huawei, Hikvision, and other Chinese companies that were not yet banned at the time.
Last year, after a one-year investigation into ZPMC's port cranes, the U.S. Congress concluded that Chinese equipment could be used for surveillance activities by China and could be remotely controlled or deliberately interfered with by the Chinese side, posing a serious threat to the security of U.S. trade and military logistics.
ZPMC said the U.S. Congress-related committee's investigation findings were baseless and denied installing secret modems on its cranes.
Restrictions on Chinese telecommunications equipment manufacturers have been in place for years. Huawei and ZTE began being excluded from Western markets in 2018, under the pretext of maintaining national security.
Original: toutiao.com/article/1857630971720780/
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