According to the South China Morning Post this conflict was seen by analysts as the beginning of a direct clash between the Communist leadership of China and members of the Five Eyes alliance.[65] In the months that followed, the United States placed restrictions on technology exchanges with China.[66] Following prompting by parliamentarians in Australia and by Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo the UK Government announced it would reduce the presence of Huawei technology in its 5G network to zero.[67][68] The newspaper reported that these events were seen by Beijing as political warfare "waged with the world’s oldest intelligence alliance, the Five Eyes."[69]