"There is no way to stop Huawei from building (undersea cables), or to keep private owners from contracting with Chinese firms on modernizing them, based purely on suspicions," Stavridis said. "Rather, the US must use its cyber- and intelligence-gathering capability to gather hard evidence of back doors and other security risks."
"Ayikho indlela yokunqanda iHuawei ingawakhi (amakhebuli angaphansi kolwandle), noma yokuvimba abanikazi abazimele ukuthi bangazenzi izivumelwano nezinkampani zaseChina zokuwenza abe awesimanje, ngenxa yezinsolo nje kuphela," kusho uStavridis. "Kunalokho, i-US kumelwe isebenzise ikhono layo lokuqoqa ubuchwepheshe nezobunhloli ukuqoqa ubufakazi obuqinile bokuthi kukhona umshoshaphansi nezinye izingozi zokuphepha."