The Han Chinese are
a brutal Evil Race that we must bring to its knees and destroy to save the rest
of humanity. And thank God we are beginning to do just that! The crude evil
Chinese saying is “Kill the chicken to scare the monkey”. Well, in the face of
this unprecedented Evil Race, the likes of which this world has possibly never
known, we shall change that evil saying with an even more atrocious one: “No
need to kill the chicken or scare the monkey. We will kill ALL of you beastly Han Chinese instead!”
This story just in
from the Financial Times.
Google has dealt a blow to Huawei’s fast-growing consumer smartphone business by suspending the delivery of key software and technical services to the Chinese company, according to two people familiar with the situation. Huawei, which overtook Apple to become the world’s number two smartphone maker in the second quarter of last year, according to Gartner, relies on Google’s Android operating system for its phones — of which it shipped more than 200m last year. Google’s move means Huawei would only have access to the basic, publicly available version of Android.
Google has dealt a blow to Huawei’s fast-growing consumer smartphone business by suspending the delivery of key software and technical services to the Chinese company, according to two people familiar with the situation. Huawei, which overtook Apple to become the world’s number two smartphone maker in the second quarter of last year, according to Gartner, relies on Google’s Android operating system for its phones — of which it shipped more than 200m last year. Google’s move means Huawei would only have access to the basic, publicly available version of Android.
The suspension, first reported by Reuters, comes after
Washington last week added Huawei to a list of 44 Chinese entities subject to
US export controls because they pose a “significant risk” to US national
security. Adding Huawei to the so-called entity list — which means US groups
will be required to secure a licence from the US government before selling any
parts or components to the Shenzhen-based company — was the latest salvo from
the Trump administration. The US has long fretted about the threat to national
security posed by Huawei.
Google said on Monday: “We are complying with the order and
reviewing the implications” but added that Google Play and the security
protections from Google Play Protect would continue to function on existing
Huawei devices. Huawei said that, as one of Android’s key global partners, it
had worked closely with Google’s open-source platform to develop an ecosystem
that has benefited users and the industry. “Huawei will continue to provide
security updates and aftersales services to all existing Huawei and Honor
smartphone and tablet products covering those have been sold or still in stock
globally,” it said.
In a research note to
clients, Citi analysts said the potential software ban “could paralyse Huawei’s
smartphone and equipment business”. Richard Windsor, an independent analyst,
added that losing the Google ecosystem “is very likely to cost Huawei all of its
smartphone shipments outside China” — which, according to data consultancies
including Counterpoint Research, is roughly half its total.
Huawei does not break out its smartphones business but it
said last year that the consumer business contributed 48 per cent of company
revenue. In the US, Huawei is also seen as a lightning rod for broader
concerns, including theft of intellectual property and China’s rising tech
prowess. It has become entangled in the US-China trade war with the effective
ban coming just days after US President Donald Trump raised tariffs on Chinese
imports to 25 per cent and Beijing retaliated in kind. While the Android
operating system is open source and publicly available, Huawei will no longer
be able to access proprietary apps and services from Google, according to one
of the people familiar with the move. Huawei, which uses Microsoft’s Windows on
its laptops and tablets, has sought to develop its own operating systems.
In an interview with Germany’s Die Welt, and subsequently
confirmed by Huawei, chief executive of the consumer division Richard Yu said
the company would “be prepared” in the event of any blacklisting. “That’s our
Plan B. But of course we prefer to work with the ecosystems of Google and
Microsoft,” he told the German publication in March. Microsoft declined to
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Other device makers
have similarly sought to develop their own operating systems, but few have made
much headway. Alibaba, which runs China’s biggest ecommerce platforms, tried to
build “China’s Android” but ended up locking horns with Google over just how
different its Aliyun OS was from Android. Its successor, AliOS, is based on
Android. Similarly, Samsung has failed to gain much traction for its
Linux-based Tizen operating system.
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