Because relations between China and Israel worry the US
The US fears that China may gain ground in Israel's 5G ports and networks. Giuseppe Gagliano's analysis
It is difficult to deny the fact that the United States views with extreme concern the increasingly close economic and military ties between Israel and China.
According to the World Bank , trade between China and Israel was about $ 15 billion in 2018, and exports from China to Israel were valued slightly higher than Israeli exports from America. Chinese investments in Israel had already raised concern from American officials during the Trump administration. Yesterday as today – during the Biden administration – the concern on the American side that China may be interested in buying Israeli port infrastructure and building 5G infrastructure remains present.
As far as port facilities, the fear the US is related to the fact that if China succeeded in developing the port of Haifa would be able to control the sea lanes in the Mediterranean and the Red Sea. It is no coincidence that in 2005 – following a powerful lobbying action by the United States – Israel gave up buying assault drones from China. Around the same time, the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission said in its annual report that Israel ranked "second only to Russia as a weapon systems supplier to China and as a conduit for sophisticated military technologies." .
Similarly, Israel withdrew from an arms deal with China in 2000 after Washington opposed the proposed sale of the advanced Phalcon radar system. Specifically, then, what troubles Washington is that Israeli technology exported to China can enhance the offensive capabilities of the Chinese people's wrongdoing.
Another concern expressed by the American administration and related to Chinese economic espionage which has now become very sophisticated. It should not be forgotten that the theft of Chinese intellectual property costs the United States something like 600 billion dollars a year.
China may therefore be interested in stealing secrets related to the advanced American harvard of the F-35 fighter. In short, Israel could become a Trojan horse that would allow China to take possession of the most sophisticated technological secrets.
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/mondo/cina-israele-legami/ on Sun, 07 Nov 2021 07:59:21 +0000.