121/365 華為中興

2012/10/8 Capitol Hill, DC

美國眾議院情報委員會主席Mike Rogers和委員Dutch Ruppersberger今天出來開記者會，宣布委員會調查中國通訊大廠華為和中興的結果。"不意外的"他們認為兩家公司威脅美國國家和商業安全，因此在報告中建議，美國政府應阻止華為和中興在美國的購併活動，以及避免使用兩家公司的設備，美國企業也應該尋找替代的供應商。

大清早的坐在台下，看著兩個褐髮情報頭子在台上滔滔不絕，偶而恍神有種在看美劇的錯覺...一回神發現自己的確就在現場，才發現原來當年的夢境已是咫尺之遙。

新工作好玩的地方就在於，可以有很多個難忘的第一次。這場記者會對中國而言是大事，所以早計畫要提問，上洗手間時內心複誦了一遍自己的問題，突然想起以前在Wharton準備演講課時，都是趁上課前跑到洗手間裡演練一遍又一遍。這讓我再一次發現，原來在那些訓練之後，人生中早已沒有什麼難事。

這是我第一次在現場提問，和想像中的電影人物互動的感覺很有趣，自己的問題和答案第一次被寫進Federal News Service的Transcript中，還真有種虛榮感，哈。

Q: So my question is about the effects of the report. Do you think how possible those companies will deny to use Huawei and ZTE products, if Huawei and ZTE do provide them with more competitive product portfolios from business perspective?

REP. ROGERS: Well, again, you have to look at -- when you say provide a more competitive product portfolio, if it is subsidized by the government, if it is subsidized by Chinese banks, it may be more competitive, but that is also not free trade. And that is a huge problem. And so they need to ask the next question, why? Why would they come in, and sometimes lower than the cost certain companies could provide the services in that particular area. That leads to a lot of questions.

Well, then the next question, the most serious question should be, how do I protect my consumers' data? Can I do it with this system? And how do I protect the national security of the United States? I don't know how you get to a yes on the next two questions, and that ought to start them re-elevating and moving in a different direction.

照片是Bloomberg的，那是記者會後，Huawei US負責External Relations的VP William Plummer在現場回應。他回答得非常激動，我站在他旁邊都可以感覺到他不時都氣得發抖。 

美國國家安全可以無限上綱，是不是間諜也只有兩家公司自己清楚，這種各說各話的事本來就是各自表述，之中龐大的利益糾葛也絕非外人能看得清哪。