Image: China's President Xi Jinping (C) attends the bilateral meeting with President of Botswana Mokgweetsi Masisi (not pictured) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, 31 August 2018. Roman Pilipey/Pool via Reuters
Tom Rogan, Washington Examiner: China just suffered five small defeats in January
China is America's preeminent global adversary. But in recent years, China has been the one scoring most of the wins in this new cold war. Fortunately, January has brought Xi Jinping's Communist regime five small defeats.
The four most recent defeats all came last week.
First, there was the U.S. Senate's introduction of the Utilizing Strategic Allied Telecommunications Act. The bipartisan legislation will provide $1 billion in funding alongside regulatory changes. The intent is to provide cellular providers with new ways of building out their 5G networks. But the strategic effect should be felt in foreign nations finding alternatives to using China's Huawei for their 5G infrastructures. This is critically important because Huawei serves the Communist Party's espionage apparatus. And China will use Huawei's 5G networks to spy on our allies and their citizens. But if the United States can provide allies with an affordable, superior, and safer 5G alternative, they'll be more amenable to rejecting Huawei.
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WNU Editor: These small defeats will not hinder China's ambitions or growth. The big worry in Beijing right now is the Wuhan Coronavirus.
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