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China Telecom has joined the global routing security group MANRS, just as America s communications regulator decided to formally investigate whether the company was a national security threat.
“The Mutually Agreed Norms for Routing Security (MANRS) officially accepted China Telecom as a participant in the network operator program, announcing that three of China Telecom s major networks have met its community-led routing security standards,” reads the announcement.
The big reveal appears to be both a response to the US government’s position – which has been engaged in an anti-China campaign during the Trump administration – and a test of the MANRS body, which was set up to fix routing errors and yet risks being dragged into global politics.