China Warns of 'Prejudice' After Being Bashed in US Telecom Report

This is about trade/competition and has little to do with security. I have no inside information concerning this, but I doubt there are any real security concerns. Methinks Cisco and Juniper are just better at lobbying congress than ZTE or Hauwei. China has been playing fast and loose with WTA rules regarding subsidizing industry and this is most likely retaliation.

quadruple irony points to the US getting up on their high horse about this after subverting their own companies to institute mass surveillance of the world's Internet users: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_641A et al.

Not sure how it's "ironic" that a nation state is attempting to act in a self-interested way, in each of these cases. Regardless of the success or wisdom of that action.

I think "hypocrisy" is the sought after word.

"we know we shouldn't buy theirs based on the fact they'd be stupid to buy ours" - every signals intercept group on the planet

Washington cannot be trusted to be free of influence from AT&T and Verizon.

Duh, in the Capitalist country the government is influenced by the businesses and in the Communist country the businesses are influenced by the government.