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Chinese telecom giant Huawei has appointed ex-BP chief exec Lord Browne to head up its UK board of directors. The company has repeatedly rejected concerns that Huawei has too much control over Blighty's critical infrastructure and communications systems, based on claims that its chairman (and erstwhile member of the People's …

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  1. Anonymous Coward
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    Commitment to openness my a**e

    Commitment to playing the game by the rules which are well described in a recent article by the last UK politicians of note to graduate from a state school: http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/nov/11/john-major-shocked-elite-social-mobility

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  2. Anonymous Coward
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    That's the first thought that crossed my mind too. Huawei are simply following the convention that has institutionalised sinecures among the establishment, which, when it happens in other countries, we call corruption.

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  3. Alister

    Of course, employing ex-BP chief exec Lord Browne is bound to go down well with Americans...

    <cough>Deepwater Horizon</cough>

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    1. Vladimir Plouzhnikov
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      He was one chief before that.

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      1. Ian 55
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        Yeah, he was the one who had to resign because he'd lied to a court about how he first met his boyfriend: when he booked him as an escort from a court, and not out jogging...

        .. isn't China wonderful for giving such people a second chance?

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  4. crayon
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    They'll be hiring Malcolm Rifkind next.

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