Hi ansy1968, it is that expression. It is the only game in town.
I think this fight between Huawei and the US government is basically over.
It is like some hockey game or football game. The game is over, we just do not know the final score. But we know who is going to win.
What is the final score in Europe going to be for Huawei in terms of which countries will ban it which ones will not, no final tally yet?
At this point, that seems to be a secondary concern for Huawei.
The standalone 5G network inside China will be operational nationwide in about a year. The year + 1 day will probably will be the time a lot of new services and business built on top of this new revolutionary network will be implemented. Huawei wants a big piece of that action too with the AI and cloud services.
I read a story where the Germans will delay another final decision with legislation regarding Huawei. China builds while Europe plays politics. They not even in the game. There will be entire industries built on top of 5G networks in China, and the west would not have even built a standalone 5G network. That looks like where this is heading.
The whole point is to build the network. They have to build a 5G network first, before the real fun starts.
That is probably why the United States took the scorched-earth methods towards Huawei and SMIC.
They did not have any other options.
That said a lot about evolving power structures in this world.
