BEIJING, Dec 23 — The chairman of Chinese tech giant Huawei has insisted in an AFP interview that it would never accede to any request by Beijing to spy on its customers. The comments by Liang Hua pushed back at US allegations that the telecommunications equipment maker cannot be trusted. Liang...
Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei attends a panel discussion at the company headquarters in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China June 17, 2019. — Reuters pic
Huawei was founded by Ren Zhengfei, a former People's Liberation Army engineer who is still its chief executive officer. Ren's military background has fuelled concerns that Huawei might have links with Chinese authorities, which the company has consistently denied.Huawei is one of the world's leading suppliers of telecoms networks, especially in 5G telephony, and has a presence in 170 countries.
Nine days after Meng was detained, China arrested two Canadians in a step that was widely seen as tit for tat. They languish still in China's opaque penal system, accused of gathering state secrets.5G behemoth Huawei's status as a major world supplier of the backbone equipment for telecoms systems gives China an inside track for leading this field — but it has also attracted suspicions abroad.Various countries have raised security concerns about Huawei's technology, with the United States and Australia barring the firm from participating in their 5G networks and others hesitating to let it in.
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