US should improve biz competitiveness instead of meddling in others

The US is targeting Nuctech, China’s largest maker of securityscreening equipment, saying expansion in Europe is a threat to Western security and businesses, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Sunday, citing documents and people familiar with the matter.

This campaign led by the US National Security Council and a handful of US agencies is trying to rally European governments to uproot the Chinese company, the WSJ report said.

Again, the US is being unreasonable and is forcing its allies. But, essentially, it is stark interference in and threat to the sovereignty of European countries.

The US’ repeated attempts to suppress Chinese technology companies reflect Washington’s witch-hunting attitude toward anything related to China’s technology. On the other hand, it also shows that the US is losing confidence in its high-tech sector.

However, the US crackdown on Chinese high-tech giant Huawei proves it cannot beat a highly-competitive Chinese firm. Instead, Washington has made Huawei even more well-known to the world, while failing to help US companies make progress in the field. Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei said in his interview with the BBC in February 2019 that he really thanks the US government for “massive and cheap advertisement” for the company.

Huawei has become a mirror, reflecting some of the US’ surfacing negative national characters. Sober Americans will understand: Compared with the country that they are proud of, the US reflected in this mirror has become completely different and unrecognizable.

Washington is anxious. Although having failed again and again, Washington still hysterically sells its groundless conspiracy theory. By targeting Nuctech, Washington won’t get what it wants, but will instead endorse the quality of “Made in China.”

Knowing that big countries in the West won’t buy it, the US has reached out to relatively small ones. But even within NATO, Washington is unlikely to resonate. After trying Finland – whose Customs found no security grounds to reject Nuctech equipment – the US is attempting to thwart the Chinese company, from Croatia to Lithuania, where Washington is lobbying for American firms to get