Shane Harris, Daily Beast: China Looks at Syria, Sees $$$
Most companies might be frightened by the prospect of doing a mega-deal with Damascus. Not the telecom giant Huawei.
Russia is betting its geopolitical future in the Middle East on a military intervention to prop up the regime of Bashar al-Assad. But one of the biggest companies from another rising power, China, is betting that when the long civil war in Syria is over, the country will be a good place to do business.
Huawei, one of China’s richest companies and the largest telecommunications equipment maker in the world, has signed an agreement with Syria to design a “national strategy for information and communication technology,” including the construction of a broadband network for Internet service, the company announced this month.
WNU Editor: What always amazes me about the Chinese is that it is always about the money and the importance of positioning oneself to make a buck (or two).