【By Observer Net, Lin Chenli】The farce of the so-called "national security" by Americans is still continuing.

According to Reuters, after forcing e-commerce platforms to remove millions of Chinese electronic products this month, on October 28 local time, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) again voted 3-0 to require that no new licenses be issued for devices containing components listed on the "covered list", and to disable previously approved devices under specific circumstances.

FCC Chairman Carr said that day: "These existing loopholes may be exploited by 'bad actors', threatening our cyber security, and foreign adversaries of the United States have been constantly seeking ways to exploit any vulnerabilities in our systems."

FCC Chairman Carr, Visual China

This March, the FCC stated it was investigating nine Chinese companies on the "covered list". The FCC announced at the beginning of October that it planned to further tighten restrictions on telecommunications equipment manufactured by Chinese companies deemed to pose a "national security risk" this month, which is the latest in a series of actions against China by the United States.

Carr revealed on October 10 that as part of the FCC's crackdown, major e-commerce platforms in the United States had removed millions of so-called "prohibited" Chinese electronic products.

According to his statements, these so-called "prohibited" products are either on the U.S. banned "covered list" or have not received authorization from the agency, including home security cameras and smartwatches produced by Chinese companies.

In addition, the FCC also issued a new national security notice, reminding companies about prohibited products, including video surveillance equipment. Carr claimed that such products could allow China to "monitor Americans, disrupt communication networks, and threaten U.S. national security in other ways."

Responding to this, Hikvision stated that it opposed expanding the restrictions to previously approved models, arguing that the FCC's actions exceeded its authority: "This order is not based on any evidence targeting specific products, and will cause unnecessary harm to American communities and small businesses that rely on secure, compliant, and authorized security systems."

On October 15, the FCC also announced, citing "national security" as the reason, to push for revoking the operating license of Hong Kong Telecom, a major telecommunications operator in Hong Kong, in the United States.

In September, the FCC similarly cited "national security" to begin revoking the certification licenses of the first batch of seven Chinese so-called "untrustworthy laboratories" and refused to renew the certifications of four Chinese laboratories whose certifications had expired. This means that the U.S. FCC will prohibit 10 Chinese laboratories, including the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, from testing U.S. electronic products.

In recent years, multiple U.S. agencies have taken a series of actions against Chinese technology companies, involving fields such as telecommunications, semiconductors, and automobiles, with the U.S. justification being that these companies pose so-called "national security risks".

In 2019, during President Trump's first term, the U.S. Congress passed a bill requiring the FCC to stipulate that U.S. telecommunications operators receiving federal subsidies must remove China Telecom equipment from their networks.

In June 2020, the FCC identified Huawei and ZTE as threats to U.S. "national security" and prohibited U.S. telecommunications operators from using government subsidies set by the commission to purchase equipment and services from the two Chinese companies. It then expanded the scope of the crackdown, adding more Chinese companies to the list and requiring U.S. telecommunications operators to remove and replace all equipment and services. Then-President Biden signed the "2021 Secure Equipment Act", and the FCC no longer reviews or issues new equipment licenses for Chinese companies such as Huawei and ZTE.

China has repeatedly pointed out that the U.S. overgeneralizes the concept of national security, politicizes and weaponizes trade and economic technological issues, abuses export controls, maliciously suppresses China, seriously undermining market rules and international trade and economic order, seriously affecting the stability of the global supply chain, and seriously harming the interests of enterprises and business communities in China, the United States, and other countries. China firmly opposes this and will take firm measures to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese enterprises.

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