US regulators acted on Wednesday to start expelling a unit of China Telecom Ltd., one of the country’s three major state-owned carriers, from the American market after labeling them a national security threat. China Telecom (Americas) Corporation is required “to discontinue any domestic or international services that it provides pursuant to its Section 214 authority within 60 days”, an order approved on Tuesday by the Federal Communications Commission or FCC stated. The FCC cited the danger that Beijing might use the company to eavesdrop or disrupt US communications and “engage in espionage and other harmful activities” against the United States. FCC order finds that “China Telec...