A Isikhulu saseShayina usole i-US ngokuba ne-paranoid ngokuzwakalisa ukukhathazeka ngokuthi ama-cranes emikhumbi akhiqizwa e-China angase asetshenziselwe ubunhloli ngokumelene ne-United States.
Ukuphepha kwezwe kanye nePentagon izikhulu zitshele i-Wall Street Journal ukuthi ziphenya ngokukhathazeka ngokuthi ama-cargo cranes asetshenziswa kakhulu emachwebeni aseMelika kungenzeka ukuthi asebenzisa ubuchwepheshe obuyindida ukuqapha ukusebenza kwe-US Logistics, umbono ochithwe nguMnyango Wezangaphandle WaseChina.
“Isimangalo siyi-paranoia ephelele,” kusho uMao Ning, okhulumela uMnyango Wezangaphandle WaseChina, engqungqutheleni yezindaba yangoMsombuluko, ngokusho kweNewsweek, wengeza ngokuthi ukuveza lokho kukhathazeka “kudukisa umphakathi waseMelika.”
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Izibukeli zibuka umkhumbi wamaShayina othwele ama-cranes amakhulu usondela emnyango we-Hampton Roads eVirginia. (Isithombe se-AP/Steve Helber)
Okudidayo kukhona okhrayini abasuka umkhumbi baye ogwini abakhiqizwe yi-ZPMC, inkampani kahulumeni waseShayina eyenza cishe u-80% wama-cranes asetshenziswayo njengamanje emachwebeni aseMelika, okuhlanganisa namanye asetshenziswa Amasosha ase-US.
Izikhulu zaseMelika zizwakalise ukukhathazeka mayelana nama-censors angaqapha ukusebenza kwempahla yase-US kanye nobuchwepheshe obuvumela ukuthi ama-cranes alawulwe kude, okuvula umnyango wokuphazamiseka okungase kube khona ochungechungeni lokunikezela lwaseMelika.
Ama-cranes akhiqizwa e-China futhi alethwa e-US eqoqwe ngokugcwele, kuyilapho abantu baseShayina abasebenzisa ama-visa ase-US ngezinye izikhathi banikezwa umsebenzi wabo wokusebenza.

Kudutshulwe i-drone yomkhumbi omkhulukazi ofika echwebeni laseLong Beach, eCalifornia. (iStock)
Izinkathazo ziza ngemuva UMongameli Biden usayine umthethosivivinywa we-appropriation bill ka-2023 wama-dollar ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-858, owawuhlanganisa nesicelo sokuthi uMnyango Wezokuthutha uphenye “ukuphepha kwe-cybersecurity kanye nezinsongo zokuphepha kwezwe ezibangelwa ama-cranes akhiqizwa kwamanye amazwe emachwebeni ase-United States.”
Kuza futhi emasontweni ambalwa ngemuva kokuba ibhaluni laseShayina elisendaweni ephakeme libanjwe lizulazula phezu kwe-US futhi ekugcineni ladutshulwa ngasogwini lwaseNingizimu Carolina, kuvuselela ukukhathazeka ngokusetshenziswa okwandayo kobuchwepheshe kweChina emisebenzini yobunhloli e-United States.

Umshayeli wendiza ubukela phansi ibhaluni elisolwa ngokuba yinhloli yase-China ngo-Feb. 3, 2023. (US Air Force)
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