Posted on 03/23/2014 8:12:57 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
BERLIN--The U.S. National Security Agency allegedly spied on Chinese technology company Huawei Technologies Co. in early 2009 and targeted Chinese officials including former President Hu Jintao, according to German weekly news magazine Der Spiegel.
The allegations were contained in pre-released extracts of an article from next week's edition, citing documents leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden.
Aside from Mr. Hu, other NSA targets in China included the Chinese Trade Ministry, the Foreign Ministry and unidentified banks, Der Spiegel reported. In the extracts, Der Spiegel didn't elaborate on the alleged spying on the officials.
Referring to a top-secret NSA presentation, the magazine said the NSA accessed the Chinese network equipment supplier's email archive, including Huawei Chief Executive Ren Zhengfei's messages.
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Snowden has released some embarrassing, outrageous things. This isn't one of them.
So?...
Why are so many American factories in China now?
Bring back American jobs. Now.
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According to “Motley Fool” - China is “history” because of 3D Printing. It will all come back here.
As would be expected, and as it should be. Why would anyone be shocked about this?
Have a close relative who does biz in China. He’s told me many stories. He’s been told to never make personal calls because the phones are tapped. The gov sends spies into boeardroom meetings as well.
When I was writing e-mails to a missionary in China, he told me to be careful what I said in the e-mails, because he didn’t want to get kicked out of the country.
About time!!!
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