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by dhx 3062 days ago
Here's a quick sample of some of China's computer donations to parliaments, defense and foreign affairs departments and police and immigration departments in recent years:

PNG: http://pg.china-embassy.org/eng/zbgx/t849942.htm

Fiji: http://www.fiji.gov.fj/Media-Center/Press-Releases/CHINESE-G...

Botswana: http://bw.china-embassy.org/eng/sbgx/t541543.htm

Maldives: http://www.foreign.gov.mv/index.php/en/mediacentre/news/2786...

Samoa: http://www.samoagovt.ws/2017/01/china-donates-new-computers-...

Cambodia: http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-11/03/c_134779443.htm

Mozambique: http://clubofmozambique.com/news/china-donates-100-computers...

Sri Lanka: http://www.colombopage.com/archive_17B/Aug05_1501907095CH.ph...

Ghana: https://www.ghanabusinessnews.com/2017/06/07/chinese-embassy...

Pakistan: http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-09/22/c_136627663.htm

Liberia: http://mofa.gov.lr/public2/2press.php?news_id=880&related=7&...

Zimbabwe: https://bulawayo24.com/index-id-news-sc-national-byo-16364-a...

Laos: http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-04/12/c_136202934.htm

Macedonia: http://arhiva.vlada.mk/?q=node/5196

Serbia: http://eng.mod.gov.cn/news/2017-06/21/content_4783395.htm

Afghanistan: http://www.gov.cn/misc/2007-01/11/content_493797.htm

Kyrgyzstan: http://en.people.cn/90001/90776/90883/6776679.html

Dominica: http://news.gov.dm/index.php/news/536-china-donates-equipmen...

Barbados: http://www.caribbean360.com/news/china-gives-barbados-over-u...

Guinea Bissau: http://en.africatime.com/guinee_bissau/articles/china-donate...

Moldova: http://www.army.md/index.php/duhovniceti/img/userfiles/info/...

Guyana: https://www.stabroeknews.com/2017/news/stories/11/07/457430/

Nigeria: http://www.spa.gov.sa/299126

Malawi: http://en.africatime.com/malawi/articles/malawi-china-donate...

Yemen: http://ye.mofcom.gov.cn/article/jmxw/201309/20130900303426.s...

Syria: http://sy.china-embassy.org/chn/xwfb/t790038.htm

http://china.aiddata.org/geospatial_dashboard and https://www.lowyinstitute.org/chinese-aid-map/ are interactive maps (albeit using older data) showing where donations and aid have ended up.

These are just the overt instances where press releases are issued with prime ministers, senior officials and ambassadors shaking hands in front of donated computers and laptops. There has also been research such as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GhostNet which is relevant to this discussion.

Also very telling is how Western countries are responding. Some recent articles:

Verizon no longer selling Huawei phones: http://www.afr.com/news/world/verizon-is-said-to-drop-plans-...

AT&T no longer selling Huawei phones: http://www.afr.com/news/world/north-america/att-told-to-stee...

Australia funding a PNG-Solomon Islands-Australia undersea fiber optic cable project to prevent Huawei from getting the contract: http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/austra...