China opposes U.S. revocation of licence for China Telecom

SHANGHAI: China “resolutely opposes” Washington’s revocation of China Telecom Corp Inc’s licence to operate in the United States, the information ministry said on Wednesday, urging a reversal of the move.

The U.S. decision, made public a day earlier, means the U.S. subsidiary, China Telecom Americas, must discontinue services in the United States within 60 days.

“In recent years, the United States has repeatedly sanctioned Chinese companies on the grounds of national security and disregarding facts,” the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) said in a statement.

“This is an unreasonable suppression of Chinese enterprises by abuse of state power and a serious breach of international economic and trade rules,” the Chinese regulator added.