South Africa’s ambassador to the five-nation BRICS bloc says the country won’t succumb to pressure from the US to stop Huawei use.

Tensions about China using Huawei to spy or sabotage systems. China is South Africa’s largest trading partner.

  • abrasiveteapotEnglish
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    1 year ago

    The South African government is aligned to Russia and China despite the general population having strong ties with the West.It’s all about the Chinese backhanders.

    Corrupt leaders gunna do what corrupt leaders do.

    • AdeptusPrimaris@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      14·
      1 year ago

      It’s a bit of a misconception that the general population has strong ties to the west. It’s mostly the minority upper middle to rich class( that happens to still be mostly white) that are west-aligned.

      The vast majority of the population are unaligned.

      It’s been quite a common incorrect perception to equate the minority moneyed classes’ opinions and ideoligies to the that of the majority population, when it’s simply false.