"Backdoors, however, are no laughing matter. Xi surely knows that one reason liberal democracies have shunned China's top telecoms firms Huawei and ZTE is fears that their devices allow Beijing to snoop on users. That's a problem because one of the challenges Xi faces at home is sluggish consumer spending. His government has tried to stimulate the economy by boosting exports."
"Then there's the small matter of the allegedly Beijing-backed Salt Typhoon gang that's thought to have deeply infiltrated telecoms networks around the world, and deployed backdoors to allow surveillance. And of course the Internet in China is not secure: Beijing's Great Firewall enables pervasive surveillance of everything citizens do and say online, leading locals to make obscure references to llamas as a way of expressing their political views. China also exports its surveillance technology. Analysts believe Pakistan and Cambodia are customers."
Chinese president Xi Jinping and South Korean president Lee Jae-myung exchanged gifts during a public meeting, including Xiaomi smartphones with South Korean screens. Lee asked whether the phones' connection was secure; Xi joked that Lee should check for backdoors, and both leaders laughed. Backdoors are a serious concern because liberal democracies have avoided Huawei and ZTE over fears of Beijing-enabled snooping. Xiaomi is a major mobile vendor and an export success, so security perceptions could affect overseas buyers. Allegedly Beijing-backed hacking groups have infiltrated telecom networks and deployed backdoors. China's Great Firewall and exported surveillance technology contribute to pervasive online monitoring.
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