Spy fears after Far East firm with alleged links to Chinese military is given all-clear to build mob

By Robert Verkaik, UK Daily Mail Security experts have voiced concern after Business Secretary Vince Cable backed a giant Chinese company that is bidding to build a mobile phone network on the London Underground.

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The deal between telecoms giant Huawei – accused of having links with the Chinese military – and London Underground is set to be cleared by Ministers. It would mean passengers could use mobiles on the Tube by the time of the 2012 Olympic Games.

Chinese Tech Giant Tries New Tack to Enter US Market

But claims of independence are false, say experts By Matthew Robertson, Epoch Times Staff Huawei, the Chinese tech giant, is tired of being blocked from the U.S. telecommunications market. For more than a decade it has been dogged by security concerns over links to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and Chinese military. In a recent open letter, it says that these accusations are vague and unfair, and that in fact, Huawei has no such ties. But not according to analysts. “It’s perfectly understandable from a public relations-flak point of view,” says James Mulvenon, vice president of the Intelligence Division of Defense Group Inc., “but that doesn’t make it true.” Mr. Mulvenon has researched Huawei for over a decade. Richard Fisher, an expert on China’s military modernization who wrote a book on the subject in 2008, was blunter, “This is flat out BS. You can quote that."

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