China ‘restricts’ European telecom giants Ericsson and Nokia; but why Europe is not willing to do that to China’s Huawei, ZTE

China is reportedly strategically phasing out European telecom equipment from its national networks. According to a report in Financial Times, citing sources, Beijing is curtailing the use of equipment from Nokia and Ericsson as part of President Xi Jinping’s push for China’s technological self-reliance. This initiative aims to “decouple the country’s critical tech infrastructure from the west.”According to the report, Chinese state-backed buyers, including mobile network operators, are now subject to new protocols that scrutinize foreign bids. This process has led to contracts for Ericsson and Nokia being subjected to a “Black Box” national security review by the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC). In these reviews, the European companies are not informed about how their equipment is being assessed.