China Claims To Have Developed World's Fastest Internet Network

In what China claims to be a huge breakthrough in Internet technology, it has launched a 3,000-kilometre backbone network running from Beijing to the south. This infrastructure has been made possible through a partnership between Huawei and China Mobile in association with Tsinghua University and Cernet. com Corporation. Wu Jianping, a professor at Tsinghua University involved in the project, claims that the technology is entirely designed and controlled by China, including both the hardware and software components. Jinping eyes this backbone network to help China become a new cyber power. Huawei launched its Mate 60 Pro powered by made-in-China 5G chips around the time US diplomats were visiting China. This raised fears among US diplomats of China having found a way around US export control by producing 5G chips. Gina Raimondo, US Commerce Secretary, assured that there was no evidence that China could mass produce such chips.