NOTE: Before answering the following questions, read the info under “Background” and watch the videos under “Resources” below.

1. List the who, what, where and when of the news report.

2. a) What is Huawei?
What accusations were made against Huawei in the indictment filed in federal court in Brooklyn?

3. What is intellectual property?

4. What does the indictment accuse employees of doing regarding Skycom?

5. What charges were brought against Huawei and Skycom?

6. Read/watch the info under “Background” and “Resources” below.
Chinese companies claim to operate independent of the government. This is impossible. Note: When an American company wants to do business in China, the government forces them to turn over their trade secrets (technologies).

The U.S. has urged our allies not to use Huawei’s 5G technology. Recently, Britain has ignored our requests and said they will use Huawei to build part of their 5G network.

In January, Republican Senator Tom Cotton introduced a bill that would “significantly restrict” intelligence-sharing with countries that use Huawei equipment in their 5G networks, following through on earlier U.S. threats to do so. He said, “I’m profoundly concerned about the possibility that close allies, including the UK, might permit the Chinese Communist Party effectively to build their highly sensitive 5G infrastructure.
“The United States shouldn't be sharing valuable intelligence information with countries that allow an intelligence-gathering arm of the Chinese Communist Party to operate freely within their borders," the senator said in a statement after introducing the less-than-two-page bill.

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Ca) warned Sunday that accepting Chinese domination of the technology would be akin to “choosing autocracy over democracy.” Speaker Pelosi said, ”I urge our allies around the world to carefully consider the consequences of dealing with Huawei to their national interests."

This is a bipartisan issue. Why do you think a democratic country like the UK would even consider using Huawei technology?

7. Why do you think China, a country with over 1 billion people, does not have the ability to create their own technology but instead must steal U.S. intellectual property?