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(Bloomberg) -- The Federal Communications Commission moved toward barring China Unicom (Hong Kong) Ltd. and ComNet from the U.S., calling the Chinese telecommunications carriers a security risk controlled by the Beijing government. China Unicom in a June filing said it had followed rules and there was no basis to oust it from the U.S. Pacific Networks and ComNet in a June 1 filing told the FCC their operations aren't subject to Chinese government control. [Extracted from the article]

The risk of Britain's more critical approach to China is it will alienate a key trade partner and undermine a crucial source of investment and vital goods at a time when the U.K. is already facing its worst recession for 300 years. At the same time Johnson is seeking to rebuild bridges with the U.S., Britain's second biggest trading partner, as the U.K. exits the European Union's single market and customs union. [Extracted from the article]

The article considers the reaction to a report of the U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee recommending that U.S. and U.S. business enterprises avoid doing business with the Chinese telecommunication companies Huawei and ZTE as a computer security measure. Concerns that a recommendation of the report that the committee should review purchasing agreements for telecommunications equipment with the two firms could violate international trade law are discussed.

The article discusses the launch of sustainability report of Huawei, a Chinese networking and telecommunication service company, and provides information on the factors which have to be worked on including global climate change, digital divide issue, and security of the telecommunication networks.

The article focuses on the security concerns face by Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., a Chinese telecommunication equipment company, after a leak made by former U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) contract worker Edward Snowden on agency's surveillance programs. Topics discussed include the Huawei's effort to secure the business and products from hacking and data theft, the necessity for Chinese company to improve information technology (IT) infrastructure security, and deputy chairman Ken Hu.

The article offers information that China is adding pressure to include internet traffic to security-related provision to the international telecommunications regulations (ITRs) during the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT-12). According to David Gross, former U.S. coordinator who is attending Asia-Pacific Telecommunity (APT) as an observer on behalf of the WCIT Ad Hoc Coalition, Iran is also in favor adding a security provision to the ITRs.