On July 11, the German Interior Ministry (BMI) announced that by the end of 2026 components made by Chinese technology companies Huawei and ZTE "must no longer be used" in building up the country's next-generation 5G mobile networks.

Already existing components, the BMI decided, "must be replaced by the end of 2029."

The German government considers 5G networks "critical infrastructure" because they are crucial for the energy sector, transportation, health care and financial services.

The ban comes as Chinese technology firms are increasingly viewed with suspicions for their allegedly too close ties to the government in Beijing. Especially Beijing's drive to make companies like Huawei and ZTE world leaders in high-tech sectors makes Western governments wary of giving them too much influence on their national infrastructures.

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Meanwhile, another German-Chinese collaboration has caused a stir in this respect. Luxcara — an independent asset manager based in Hamburg, Germany, — announced it had contracted Chinese company Ming Yang to build the turbines for a wind project off the German coast.

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