Huawei
How Bill Clinton junked America’s supremacy
‘This is a good day for America,’ said President Bill Clinton on May 24, the Year of Our Lord 2000.…
A lesson in survival from pre-21st century Marks & Spencer
When I wrote last week about business-to-business pain-sharing for survival, I was naturally thinking first about UK companies. I say…
I tried to warn the National Security Council about China — and was fired for it
The societal implications of 5G — on how we live and how we work — are truly mind-boggling. And so…
Coronavirus is a metaphor for our vulnerability over Huawei
Monday night’s Commons rebellion over Huawei was on a surprisingly serious scale for a new government with a big mandate.…
Washington is furious at Boris's Huawei bid
Boris Johnson faced his first major rebellion of the new parliament on Tuesday. Parliamentarians are waking up to the fact…
Who leads the global 5G market?
In the beginning How did Britain mark its entry into the European Economic Community on 1 January 1973? There were no…
Philip Pullman is right about the Oxford comma
It was with regret that I read that Albert, retired King of the Belgians, has finally had to admit, following…
The most sinister thing about Huawei may be how clean it is
I first wrote about the risks and rumours around Huawei — and made bad jokes about its name — in…
Boris risks backbench rebellion if he doesn’t get Huawei right
Tory MPs are not happy with the Huawei decision. Normally loyal MPs are expressing their bafflement at the announcement. As…
Why we’ll regret the Huawei gamble
It is apparently fine for China to ban western technology from its telecommunications network but quite unacceptable for us to…
The West can only blame itself for failing to prepare for Huawei
With Boris Johnson’s government deciding to allow Huawei into Britain’s ‘non-core’ 5G networks, London is charting a new path for…
The dangers of letting Huawei build our 5G network
This afternoon Boris Johnson finally approved the use of equipment made by Huawei in building parts of Britain’s 5G network.…
Let’s face it, we’d steal China’s secrets if we could
On the matter of whether former defence secretary Gavin Williamson was the real ‘H’ in Line of Duty, I admit…
Why women make better senior bankers than men
If you’re a bloke in a suit who’d like to apply for the governorship of the Bank of England (deadline…
Britain’s Huawei gamble is sure to anger Donald Trump
Just hours after Donald Trump’s long-delayed state visit to Britain was finally confirmed, reports surfaced that Theresa May and her…
After Huawei, can we trust Chinese tech?
The world is a better place for China’s emergence from behind the bamboo curtain where it hid for half a…
Who’s really to blame for the Crossrail fiasco?
There’s been a strong sense of pre-Christmas turkeys coming home to roost in this week’s news, as stories I’ve written…
Bletchley Park was decades ahead of Silicon Valley. So what happened?
Gordon Corera, best known as the security correspondent for BBC News, somehow finds time to write authoritative, well-researched and readable…
