The Chinese Communist Party dictatorship in Beijing is considering punishing two private companies, Nokia and Ericsson, if the European Union bars Huawei Technologies from 5G networks in the EU.

The United States and Britain, the latter in a recent dramatic volte-face, have already decided to exclude Huawei on the grounds that the Chinese company is creating a global electronic spy system for the most powerful tyranny on Earth. It seems to be a good idea to avoid that.