Thread by @geoff_p_wade, Canada: "Trudeau says no security risks in Chinese takeover of Canadian satellite [...]

Canada: "Trudeau says no security risks in Chinese takeover of Canadian satellite firm" [China's Hytera Communications 海能达 takeover of Vancouver-based Norsat] h/t @SCS_Disputes
https://business.financialpost.com/technology/trudeau-says-no-security-risks-in-chinese-takeover-of-canadian-satellite-firm-2

Canada: Here Hytera being inspected by senior officers of the PLA Information Engineering University in 2014, Notes that Hytera products used in PRC public security departments

http://www.szssia.com/m/view.php?aid=177

Canada: In 2014, it was announced that Hytera had invested 800 million yuan to build a military electronics industry base in Hebi 鹤壁 in Henan
http://guba.eastmoney.com/news,gssz,128511012.html

and
http://archive.is/wip/AFNfM

Canada: Sun Han 孙瀚 of Hytera was a PLA cadre from 1993 to 2014, before shifting across to Hytera
http://archive.is/JTu5i

Canada: Tang Shi 唐诗 of Hytera was with the PLA Foreign Language School before shifting across to Hytera
http://archive.is/GixH8

Canada: Here Hytera trade show being inspected by Lu Zhangxi 吕张喜, Deputy Head of the Joint Logistics Department of the Beijing Military Region
http://archive.is/Mmu2t

Canada: Intimate ties between Hytera and all of the communications of China's Ministry of Public Security and its constituent parts are set down here
https://www.sohu.com/a/236621950_658445

and
http://archive.is/i8dfX

Canada: Hytera joins hands with School of Police Information Engineering and the School of Information Technology and Network Security of the People's Public Security University of China in 2017

http://archive.is/yrDSU

Canada: This description of the Hebi Industrial Zone in Henan shows clearly that Hytera took over PLA companies to establish the Hytera (Hebi) Military Electronic Industry Base. It is without a doubt tied to the PLA and China's public security agencies
http://archive.is/Ut0U6

Canada: In China, Hytera is called "the little Huawei" "小华为"海能达 for good reason
https://fanyi.sogou.com/#auto/zh-CHS/

For broader Canadian context of all of this, see @UFWD_YVR "REDS VS. REDS: CCP POLITICAL WARFARE IN CANADA IN 2018" https://twitter.com/UFWD_YVR/status/1244104462395936768

https://twitter.com/UFWD_YVR/status/1244104462395936768

Note Hytera links with "Blus Sky Rescue" https://twitter.com/geoff_p_wade/status/1027362479192530944

https://twitter.com/geoff_p_wade/status/1027362479192530944

Papua New Guinea: PNG police have installed Chinese Hytera 海能达 integrated control command system in Port Moresby https://twitter.com/geoff_p_wade/status/1056700653316132864

https://twitter.com/geoff_p_wade/status/1056700653316132864

Solomon Islands: Hytera already operating in Solomon Islands alongside Huawei https://twitter.com/geoff_p_wade/status/1231796444002050048

https://twitter.com/geoff_p_wade/status/1231796444002050048

Motorola Solutions alleges Hytera Communications Australia copied its source code
https://www.arnnet.com.au/article/651047/motorola-solutions-alleges-hytera-communications-copied-its-source-code/

Note Hytera as part of "Xi, Huawei and China's powerful military-industrial complex"

https://asia.nikkei.com/Editor-s-Picks/China-up-close/Xi-Huawei-and-China-s-powerful-military-industrial-complex

Turkey: Hytera "on guard" for PLA Navy vessels in Turkish port. Turkish police force & Konya prov govt have been equipped with Hytera radio equipment. Local Hythera rep is Hakan Tang (Tang Shi 唐诗) formerly of PLA as noted above
https://www.hytera.com/ab/content/21072

Romanian Military Picks Hytera Portable Radios with DMR Technology
https://www.criticalcommunicationsreview.com/ccr/news/99366/romanian-military-picks-hytera-portable-radios-with-dmr-technology

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