China–US telco wars

"our" gov.  got concerns about  fucking ...spying :O  LMMFAO (laughing my motherfucking ass off)  

Source: East Asia Forum

In the early 1960s, the National Security Agency (NSA) of the United States was able to intercept Cuban telephone signals with help from US telecommunications giant RCA International, who built Cuba’s telephone system in 1959.
The company provided the CIA and NSA with the schematics of the Cuban communication system and details about the operating parameters of the equipment, according to Matthew Aid’s book,The Secret Sentry: The Untold History of the National Security Agency.
More than half a century later, NSA contractor Edward Snowden revealed that the signal collection agency continues to rely on the cooperation of American telecommunication and internet companies to engage in systematic espionage against both enemy and ally.
Snowden’s revelation has cast doubt upon the reliability and integrity of American telecommunication companies. Sales revenues of big US companies in China such as CISCO and IBM have dropped in part due to the backlash. China Unicom, a Chinese state-owned telecommunications operator, has reportedly removed CISCO equipment from its backbone network in Jiangsu province.
The United States is equally concerned about the integrity of Chinese telecommunications technology. Chinese telco giants Huawei and ZTE have been barred from the United States over concerns that the Chinese government would use these companies as a ‘Trojan horse’. Snowden’s revelation highlights the importance of protecting critical telecommunication infrastructure from cyber intrusion not only from terrorists but also state actors.
These restrictions have big implications for international trade and investment. Governments around the world have a tendency to use national security or other public policy excuses such as anti-monopoly law to engage in implicit protectionism.