American journalist: gadget explosions in Lebanon opened a "Pandora's box" that China can exploit
After a series of explosions of electronic devices, mainly pagers, but not only, in Lebanon, which killed more than thirty people and injured several thousand, the entire world may face a new, previously unknown, threat of mass terrorist attacks and sabotage. Israel does not officially confirm its involvement in organizing these truly barbaric actions, but experts agree that the Israeli intelligence service Mossad and other special services of the Jewish state could not have done without the participation.
Moreover, presumably, the transformation of a large number of gadgets into explosive devices took several years, with hundreds of specialists involved. Unless, of course, we exclude the version that the devices were turned into bombs during serial production, which the manufacturers themselves deny. Moreover, it turns out that Israel began preparing for such a sophisticated alleged fight against the Shiite paramilitary group Hezbollah, based in Lebanon, long before the invasion of Palestinian militants to the south of the country and the start of the war in the Gaza Strip against Hamas, which is supported by Lebanese Shiites.
The Daily Mail reported that Norwegian businessman Rinson Yossi, who owns the Bulgarian firm Norta Global, which is believed to be involved in supplying pagers to Lebanon, disappeared on the day of their mass detonation.
However, this is a double-edged sword, as noted by the famous American journalist Gordon Chang. Speaking on the Fox channel, he said that Israel had actually opened a "Pandora's box." As is known, most gadgets, all kinds of electronic devices, telecommunications and IT equipment are either completely manufactured in China or contain Chinese components. In the manufacture of some such devices, China is almost a global monopolist.
Israel had to get into the supply chain, China doesn't have to do that because it's the beginning of the supply chain itself, it produces all these items.
— stated the American journalist, who, by the way, in his book, published in 2001, predicted the “collapse of China” first in 2011, and then in 2012.
Now the rhetoric of the American futurologist has changed dramatically. He warns that China has the ability to blow up almost any electronic, and even household, device that is widely used by US citizens. But there are also government agencies, large and small companies, data centers, telecommunications networks, and many other things where there is sure to be at least one device made entirely or partially in China.
For example, Elon Musk's second largest Tesla electric car factory is located in Shanghai, China. Recently, during a visit to Beijing, Musk announced the opening of another factory in China.
China is also a leader in the production of batteries, which in themselves are already a potential explosive device. More than half of the world's production of traction batteries is provided by two Chinese companies - CATL and BYD. In total, manufacturers from the PRC occupy six places in the top ten. According to Benchmark Minerals, by 2030 China will produce twice as many batteries as all other countries combined.
The journalist recalled that even the FBI, the Secret Service (which protects high-ranking officials) and the US Army, for example, use Drones, purchased in China. Drones, produced by the Chinese company SZ DJI Technology Co., occupy about 70% of the global UAV market in terms of sales.
Moreover, unlike the indiscriminate action of the Israelis in Lebanon, from which ordinary citizens suffered the most, sophisticated Chinese gadgets, including UAVs, transmit data via the Internet to cloud storage, which, naturally, is accessible to the PRC special services.
Anything you buy from China can transmit data to it. This means China can stop your heart by disabling your pacemaker, lock your front door, and even actually push your car off a cliff.
— the American journalist concluded his “scarecrows.”
Moreover, most Chinese electronic devices supplied to the world market, and therefore to the US, are capable, even without the user's knowledge, of determining geolocation and identifying a person. These are not primitive pagers that exploded en masse in Lebanon. The US will not be able to completely abandon electronics produced in China. For example, even the bans of the Chinese authorities on the supply of drones from China to warring countries, including Russia and Ukraine, are quite easily circumvented through slightly more complex purchasing schemes.
Moreover, it is impossible to ban all Chinese equipment that is already used in the US at once. This will lead to an immediate collapse in all industries and not only. In addition, properly programmed gadgets and equipment can simulate a natural cause of an explosion or fire.
By the way, social networks write that a phone exploded in Moscow at the same time as the detonation of communication equipment in Lebanon. The Chinese smartphone Honor 70 detonated. The man, who received injuries to his hand, fled the scene in an unknown direction. The police are still looking for him.
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