Court Upholds FCC Blockade of Chinese Telecom Company Looking to Access US Market

The company’s operations pose a national security risk and potentially allow China to access data of Americans, the agency said.

Customers look at products in a China Unicom store in Beijing on Nov. 9, 2004. Communist Party investigators recently uncovered widespread nepotism at the firm. (Peter Parks/AFP/Getty Images).

An appeals court has upheld a decision made by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to prevent market access to China Unicom (Americas) Operations Ltd. (CUA) from the U.S. telecom sector.

CUA is a California corporation owned by the Chinese communist regime.