New US Huawei Rule Targets Standards, Security Concerns Remain: Ross

Aussie Senator Calls for Tariffs on Imports from China in ‘Plan for Reparations’

A Liberal Senator has outlined details of her demands to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to pay Australia reparations for the economic damage caused by the outbreak of the CCP virus pandemic. Her plans include new tariffs on Chinese imports and potentially seizing assets owned by Chinese state-owned entities. On June 16, Concetta Fierravanti-Wells outlined her “plan for reparations” in a speech to the Senate, saying: “No Australian has been left untouched by the negligent actions of the CCP. Therefore, it is just that China pays compensation.” “Billions of dollars have been borrowed. Australian taxpayers will need to shoulder the enormous burden of repaying the debt,” she said. The former minister for international development previously spoke to The Epoch Times on her “plan to decouple” from China in response to…

WASHINGTON—A new U.S. rule regarding China’s Huawei Technologies is a needed “clarification” to help develop standards, U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said on June 17, adding that security concerns remain over the telecoms equipment maker.

Ross, in an interview on Fox Business Network, said the rule released by the department on Tuesday would help create uniformity, but that the United States was still concerned about the potential for spying and opposed the use of Huawei technology in 5G networks.

“The change is really simply a clarification. It isn’t that we’re doing something to help Huawei. What we’re doing is something to make it easier for global standards to be symmetrical,” he said.

New US Huawei Rule Targets Standards, Security Concerns Remain: Ross

“This is to help make sure we have ubiquity in 5G,” Ross added.

The rule, scheduled to be formally published on Thursday, amends the Huawei “entity listing” that restricts sales of U.S. goods and technology to the company to allow the release of certain technology to Huawei and its affiliates if it contributes “to the revision or development of a ‘standard’ in a ‘standards organization.’”

The United States had placed Huawei on the entity list in May 2019, citing national security concerns, and Ross on Wednesday said those concerns remain especially over 5G.

“The spying is very real issue,” Ross told the television network.

By Susan Heavey

Focus News: New US Huawei Rule Targets Standards, Security Concerns Remain: Ross

Australian Man Sentenced to Death in China Allowed Video Meeting with Consulate

The Chinese regime has granted Australian government officials consular access to visit Karm Gilespie who is facing execution for alleged drug trafficking. Australia’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Marise Payne revealed the news late in the evening on June 16. Reports emerged on June 10 that Gilesspie was handed a death sentence for smuggling methamphetamine almost seven years after his arrest in Guangzhou. He was given 10 days to appeal the court’s decision. His family and friends were not aware of his whereabouts prior to his trial. “We were able to make a visit to the detention centre today and to engage in a video conference to have that visit,” Payne told Seven News. “That is a very important thing and I’m very pleased that has been conveyed back to his…