[Gurathnaka]

I'm trying to figure out what exactly this is getting at? Is the worry that these requests to random Chinese servers are nefarious or is this some random piece of software pinging a server for some tiny piece of information?

“ICP Beian” stands for the process of obtaining the Business ICP registration number that allows you to host your website on a Mainland Chinese server. [0]

So these communications could be literally anything on the phone and all we know is that it's communicating with a server in mainland China?

[0] https://www.tmogroup.asia/entering-china-ecommerce-icp-beian...

[code_duck]

“some random piece of software pinging a server for some tiny piece of information”

that would be called ‘phoning home’ and has the potential for significant information disclosure (IP, location, phone status, likely other information).

[nutcracker46]

Do tell, why my Huawei P30 Pro should contact Chinese servers without my awareness or consent?

[chmod775]

Why should my iPhone 8 contact servers in the US without my awareness or consent?

Because it was developed by an American company and runs software written by an American company.

If I don't trust them I might as well throw the device away now.

Is this really not obvious?