Chinese rally around tech giant Huawei, but marvel at the legal options in the U.S.
By Gerry Shih Gerry Shih China Correspondent Email Bio Follow March 8 at 8:42 AM BEIJING — When the Chinese tech company Huawei sued the U.S. government this week to challenge a ban on federal purchases of its products, the news lit up Chinese social media with all the usual reactions.
The idea that a foreign company can take on the government in its own courts is all but moot in today’s China, where President Xi Jinping has forcefully argued against judicial independence and exhorted the Communist Party to tighten its grip over all aspects of society — lest, he claims, the country slide into instability.
Meanwhile, Xi has advocated for training a new generation of lawyers and judges who are “loyal to the Party and the state.” In his 2018 speech, he urged China to learn to wield the law for its advantage, particularly in international arenas. “Huawei at least has the right of redress to say, ‘we’ve been unfairly singled out,’” said George Magnus, an associate at the Oxford University’s China Center. “That’s not an option for foreign companies — or companies generally — in China. There’s no rule of law, only the Party’s law.”
But if the Chinese suing their government is still relatively unheard of, China has cheered the prospect of Huawei defending itself and, somewhat improbably, held up the U.S. court system as a last beacon of hope. On Friday, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said the government applauded Huawei for “seeking legal redress to protect their own interests and refusing to be victimized like silent lambs.”
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