China’s Great Leap Ahead of US on 5G Poses Grave National Security Worries, Think Tank Says

China’s Great Leap Ahead of US on 5G Poses Grave National Security Worries, Think Tank Says
People walk past a poster advertising 5G internet at the Mobile World Congress (MWC 2019) introducing next-generation technology at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre (SNIEC) in Shanghai on Jun. 26, 2019. Hector Retamal/AFP/Getty Images
Mark Tapscott
Mark Tapscott
Senior Congressional Correspondent
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China is far ahead of the United States in developing fifth-generation (5G) digital communications technology and by 2025 could have a powerful intelligence window into the information and data that most of the world’s population depends upon in daily life.

That’s the warning of Hudson Institute senior fellow William Schneider Jr. in a Sept. 5 briefing memo made public by the Washington-based conservative think tank.
Mark Tapscott
Mark Tapscott
Senior Congressional Correspondent
Mark Tapscott is an award-winning senior Congressional correspondent for The Epoch Times. He covers Congress, national politics, and policy. Mr. Tapscott previously worked for Washington Times, Washington Examiner, Montgomery Journal, and Daily Caller News Foundation.
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