Today, ZTE issued an announcement announcing the end of the probation and "officially restoring freedom", and once the news came out, its stock price rose instantly.
What is the suspension of ZTE? The thing is that in 2018, the United States imposed crazy sanctions on Chinese technology companies, and ZTE, as a communication equipment supplier that has been deeply involved in the communication field for many years and has a large number of technology patents, naturally bore the brunt of it and was suppressed as much as possible.
It is forbidden to purchase key components from the United States, prohibit U.S. communications operators from purchasing ZTE communication equipment, and urgently require "allies" not to use and purchase ZTE equipment and replace communication equipment in existing networks as soon as possible.
As soon as the ban came out, it directly hit ZTE seven inches, and various businesses have pulled the brakes.
So in order to survive, ZTE sent executives to consult with the United States many times, and finally accepted the "accusation" and paid a large fine.
It should be clear that it is true that after ZTE accepted punishment, the business is gradually resumed, but the crisis has not been fundamentally lifted - there are still 5 years of "probation", as long as the follow-up 5 years of "honesty", the crisis can be completely lifted.
On March 14, 2022, the Federal District Court for the Northern District of Texas held a hearing on the revocation of ZTE's probation, and on March 22, 2022, ZTE said it received a court verdict that the probation period expired without any penalty.
Today, ZTE is truly no longer bound and restrained by the US ban.
After the news of ZTE's "restoration of freedom", not only its stock price was directly blocked, but also triggered a lot of netizen comments, a considerable number of netizens mentioned another Chinese company that was more severely sanctioned - Huawei, and began to question Huawei's initial choice.
In May 20018, the United States imposed the first round of bans on Huawei, prohibiting Huawei from purchasing key components from the United States, and then Huawei began to consciously replace American companies in the supply chain, and a year later, Huawei's replacement work was completed.
Seeing that the impact of the ban on Huawei is not fatal, in May 2020, the United States imposed a ban on Huawei, this time more stringent, directly prohibiting semiconductor companies that use American equipment or related technologies from oem Huawei chips, while also eliminating the possibility of purchasing from other chip manufacturers.
This directly stepped on seven inches, although Huawei's strength is strong, the number of 5G technology patent applications ranks first in the world, but many of these technologies need chips as a carrier to achieve, chip shortage has caused serious damage to Huawei's various businesses, as of now, it is still deeply troubled in huawei's head "ghost".
Therefore, after seeing ZTE Freedom, these netizens questioned the question - if Huawei did not say "No" to the United States, but "fined three cups of wine" like ZTE, would today's Huawei also be reborn and get a completely different style?
However, the reality is not assumed, and even if Huawei accepted the penalty at that time, the situation could not be better than it is now.
The reason is that the reason why the United States sanctions Huawei is not that Huawei is really "wrong", but that Huawei's patent accumulation in 5G has seriously threatened the hegemonic position of us technology.
Therefore, it is necessary to sanction Huawei under the pretext of "financial fraud" and "security risks in the equipment".
Originally, it was "nonsense", if Huawei inexplicably admitted the penalty, it would not be a problem of fines like ZTE, and it would definitely be killed by the United States.
After all, the original intention of the US sanctions is strong and clear.
Therefore, I personally feel that Huawei's strong counterattack and resolute non-compliance are the best choice after combining various factors.
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